On Friday, the Sandpoint Bulldogs humbled the St. Maries Lumberjacks with a 54-14 victory. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho football rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Lumberjacks are ranked 81st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Braden Buckhout had a dynamite game for Sandpoint, throwing for 150 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 passes, while also rushing for 38 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Drew Lehman was another key passer, rushing for 23 yards and two touchdowns.
Sandpoint's defense stepped up as well, laying out Jack Barta. five times. Rece Wolff was especially locked on to St. Maries' QB and sacked him four times. Wolff also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up four sacks and making six total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Although St. Maries took the loss, they still got scores from Barta and Isaiah Gustaffe.
The victory made it two in a row for Sandpoint and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Sandpoint will challenge Post Falls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for St. Maries, they will face off against Bonners Ferry at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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