After two games on the road, Bagdad is heading back home. They will welcome the Lincoln Prep Lightning at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bagdad is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Maryvale Prep 74-0 on the road. The Sultans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 34 points or more this season.
Thomas Rodriguez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 147 yards and three touchdowns. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 83 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ezrah Aguilar, who threw for 83 yards and two touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bagdad was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 263.3.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Prep faced Superior in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Lincoln Prep walked away with a 46-36 win over Superior.
Parker Filleman was his usual excellent self, rushing for 80 yards and four touchdowns, while also throwing for 124 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Finn Dilley, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Bagdad's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Lincoln Prep, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-1.
Bagdad beat Lincoln Prep 38-28 when the teams last played back in October of 2022. Does Bagdad have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lincoln Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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