The Timberline Blazers will head out to challenge the Lakes Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Timberline has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight defeats, while Lakes will come in with seven straight victories.
Timberline is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against North Thurston on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Timberline was dealt a 40-13 loss at the hands of North Thurston.
Meanwhile, Lakes gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They secured a 21-15 W over Peninsula. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Seahawks are ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lakes' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Toetu Moliga, who rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and Ean Owens, who rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns. Moliga was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 51 yards.
Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Timberline's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lakes, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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