Loch Raven and Lansdowne met for a duel on Friday where Loch Raven prevailed. The Loch Raven Raiders walked away with a 30-18 win over the Lansdowne Vikings. The Raiders have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Vikings, too.
Cameron Benjamin had a dynamite game for Loch Raven, rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Benjamin got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards.
Loch Raven was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 321 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Loch Raven didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Khion Gardner and Paige Green.
Despite the loss, Lansdowne still got an impressive performance from Sean Lippman, who rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes. The dominant performance gave Lippman a new career-high in rushing yards. Taylor Muse was Lippman's top target, picking up 95 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Loch Raven pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lansdowne, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 3-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Loch Raven will venture away from home to take on Western Tech & Environmental Science at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Loch Raven is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season. As for Lansdowne, they are taking a road trip to challenge Patapsco at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lansdowne also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 30 points per game.
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