Wallace and Lakeside are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Wallace Miners will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Lakeside Knights at 7:05 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Wallace will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Clark Fork, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Wallace's way against Clark Fork on Friday as Wallace made off with a 60-36 win. The Miners pushed the score to 36-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wampus Cats cut but never quite recovered from.
Wallace's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cooper Miller led the charge by throwing for 279 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 165 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Miller's longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Emmitt Myles was Miller's top target, picking up 190 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wallace was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lakeside took their game on the road last Friday with ease, bagging a 54-6 victory over Clark Fork. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Wallace's record is now 3-0. As for Lakeside, their record now sits at 2-0.
Wallace skirted past Lakeside 22-20 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wallace since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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