The Lincoln County Lions will head out on the road to take on the Manhattan Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lincoln County comes in on three and Manhattan on ten.
Lincoln County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They put the hurt on Glasgow/Hinsdale/Nashua with a sharp 35-14 victory. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won seven matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Rogan Lytle was his usual excellent self, rushing for 152 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lincoln County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 405 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Lincoln County wouldn't let Glasgow/Hinsdale/Nashua keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lincoln County can thank Haiden Johnson and Josh Lambertsen for forcing both of them. Johnson also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 210.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manhattan). They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat Baker 47-8. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana football rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Spartans are ranked 55th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Manhattan's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.3 points per game. As for Lincoln County, their record now sits at 8-2.
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