Green Mountain and Lutheran are an even 3-3 against one another since November of 2016, but not for long. After each having a week off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Green Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 44-24 margin over Northridge last Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rams considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Demetreus Padilla had a dynamite game for Green Mountain, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, while also picking up 31 receiving yards. Another back making a difference was Drew Contreras, who rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Green Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lutheran, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in September. They blew past Resurrection Christian 41-0 at home last Friday. The contest marked the Lions' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lutheran to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sawyer Wald, who rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Wald's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 103 rushing yards dating back to last season. Eli Abramson was another key player, throwing for 183 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 passes.
The win got Green Mountain back to even at 2-2. As for Lutheran, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Green Mountain has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 149.7 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Lutheran has preferred to attack from the air: they average 265.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Green Mountain came up short against Lutheran in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 27-21. Can Green Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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