After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Marquez, Legacy was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 54-18 victory over the Lincoln Tigers. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Legacy considering their six-point performance the contest before.
Nathan Zepeda was the offensive standout of the matchup as he threw for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Legacy was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 481 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lincoln only gained 283.
Legacy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Nathan Uribe and Joseph Rodriguez.
Despite the loss, Lincoln still got an impressive performance from Andrew Ayon, who rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Ayon got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 68 yards.
The win got Legacy back to even at 1-1. As for Lincoln, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Legacy will be playing in front of their home fans against Grant at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games. As for Lincoln, they are headed away from home for the first time to take on Santee at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
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