Lakin hasn't had much luck against Hoisington recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lakin Broncs will face off against the Hoisington Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Lakin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.8 points per game this season.
Lakin's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Southwestern Heights at home to the tune of 64-0. Considering the Broncs have won three contests by more than 48 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Lakin's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Armando Salcido, who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown. Salcido's longest rush was for an incredible 76 yards. Lakin also got a significant boost from Weston Loeppke, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
Lakin wouldn't let Southwestern Heights keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Lakin can thank Salcido and Colter Oldham for forcing all of them. That's the most rushing yards Salcido has posted since back in September of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 357 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 207 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, a win for Hoisington just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Cheney at home and fell 47-18. While losing is never fun, Hoisington can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 110th, while Cheney is ranked tenth).
Lakin's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Hoisington, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Lakin took a serious blow against Hoisington in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 63-15. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hoisington's Teron Kraft, who rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Now that Lakin 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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