The Lanesboro Burros will face off against the Houston Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lanesboro will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Lanesboro might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 14-6 to Grand Meadow, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Houston). They blew past Nicollet 68-28 on the road on Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-12.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Maddox Rodriguez and he. Rodriguez gained 211 total yards and two touchdowns while he gained 211 total yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Rohweder, who threw for 158 yards and a touchdown while completing 78.6% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Houston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 346 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Houston didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Rodriguez, Owen Sobotta, and Lee Klunder picked up one apiece.
Lanesboro's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Houston, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Lanesboro didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Houston when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 20-16 victory. Will Lanesboro repeat their success, or does Houston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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