Two dominant backs in Rob Lanier and Julius Dian are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Bloomington Purple Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lemont Lemont HS at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bloomington took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took down Centennial 35-20. Given the Purple Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Chargers are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Bloomington's win came down to the chemistry between AJ Codron and his top target Keyontae Hamilton. Codron threw for 130 yards and three touchdowns while Hamilton picked up 64 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Codron a new career-high in rushing yards (three).
Bloomington didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kenyetta Gardner and Kenner Bye. Gardner has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Lemont won a contest that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Hillcrest 43-42. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lemont HS.
Bloomington's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Lemont, they pushed their record up to 6-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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