The Houston Hurricanes are taking a road trip to take on the Lanesboro Burros at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Houston knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Lanesboro likes a good challenge.
Houston is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Nicollet: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Houston blew Nicollet out of the water with a 68-28 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hurricanes had established a 38 point advantage.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Maddox Rodriguez and he. Rodriguez gained 211 total yards and two touchdowns while he gained 211 total yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Rohweder, who threw for 158 yards and a touchdown while completing 78.6% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Houston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 346 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Houston didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Rodriguez, Owen Sobotta, and Lee Klunder picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Lanesboro was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss dating back to last season. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 14-6 to Grand Meadow, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Houston has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season. As for Lanesboro, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Houston came up short against Lanesboro in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 20-16. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lanesboro's Mason Howard, who threw for 124 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 49 yards. Now that Houston knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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