The Spring Lake Lakers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Wayland Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Things were looking good for Spring Lake after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of West Catholic by a score of 28-25. While losing is never fun, the Lakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Falcons are ranked 24th).
Spring Lake might have lost, but man, Gabe Trask was a machine: he rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns. Spring Lake also got a significant boost from Darrel Lawrence, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Spring Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Catholic only rushed for 114.
Meanwhile, Wayland fell victim to Hamilton and their airtight defense on Friday. They were outmatched by the Hawkeyes on the road and fell 35-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Hawkeyes: they've now lost four in a row.
Spring Lake's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Wayland, their record now sits at 2-2.
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