Two dominant backs in Sawyer Wald and Liam Graham are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lutheran Lions will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Standley Lake Gators at 7:00 p.m. Lutheran will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Lutheran will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big back in September (they won by 41) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 21-19 victory over Green Mountain.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Standley Lake). They blew past Skyline, posting a 60-27 win at home. With that victory, the Gators brought their scoring average up to 28.4 points per game.
It was another big night for Graham, who rushed for 192 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 111.6 rushing yards per game. Teagan Leighton was another key rusher, rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Standley Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 423 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Standley Lake didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Vincent Ruiz and Cameron Logan.
Lutheran's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Standley Lake, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record.
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