The Lutheran Northwest Crusaders will head out on the road to take on the Parkway Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lutheran Northwest will be strutting in after a victory while Parkway Christian will be coming in after a defeat.
Lutheran Northwest's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Lutheran at home to the tune of 30-0.
Lutheran Northwest can attribute much of their success to Ben Cairns, who rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown. Cairns also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making eight total tackles. Jonah Breithaupt was in the mix as well, providing Lutheran Northwest with two touchdowns.
Lutheran Northwest wouldn't let Lutheran keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lutheran Northwest can thank Brock Carpenter and Cairns for forcing both of them. The dominant performance gave Cairns a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Parkway Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 26-6 to Westfield Prep.
The win got Lutheran Northwest back to even at 2-2. As for Parkway Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Lutheran Northwest was dealt a bruising 28-0 loss at the hands of Parkway Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Parkway Christian's Zaheem Cannon, who rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Now that Lutheran Northwest 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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