The Lincoln Hornets will head out to take on the Coronado Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Lincoln humbled Long Beach Poly with a 42-14 victory.
Aden Jackson had a dynamite game for Lincoln, rushing for 126 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 105 receiving yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Jackson is now averaging an impressive 102 rushing yards per game. Akili Smith Jr. also helped out by tossing the rock for 278 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lincoln was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 532 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lincoln's defense and their six sacks. Eugene Rice was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. His also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks and making seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Coronado is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Kailua. Coronado was the clear victor by a 55-34 margin over Kailua. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Aiden Krause went supernova for Coronado, throwing for 317 yards and five touchdowns while completing 87% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Scott "Bubba" Holper was Krause's top target, picking up 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lincoln's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 1-1. As for Coronado, their record now sits at 2-0.
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