Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lawrence-Nelson). They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging an 80-26 victory over the Nebraska Lutheran Knights. With the Raiders ahead 64-6 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Jackson Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 96 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. He has become a key player for Lawrence-Nelson: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Grayhm Beck, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Lawrence-Nelson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Wyatt Frey and Aidan Zikmund. Frey's posted a season-high passer rating of 177.1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lawrence-Nelson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
When it comes to explaining why Nebraska Lutheran lost, don't look at Luke Otte. Despite the final result, he picked up 114 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 41 yards and a touchdown. Those 41 rushing yards gave Otte a new career-high. Weston Koontz was another key player, having thrown for 315 yards and three touchdowns.
Lawrence-Nelson's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for Nebraska Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Lawrence-Nelson is taking a road trip to challenge High Plains at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lawrence-Nelson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.6 points per game this season. As for Nebraska Lutheran, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Deshler at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Deshler also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 37 points per game.
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