You can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Lyons's strategy against Belleview Christian on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Lyons Lions blew the Belleview Christian Bruins out of the water with a 53-6 final score. With that win, the Lions brought their scoring average up to 29.1 points per game.
Lyons found their leader in sophomore Calvin Russell, who punched in a rushing score, and also threw for 91 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lyons' defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Kayden King and Landon Romero, who racked up six sacks between them. King also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
Lyons was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 391 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Lyons is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 3-6 record this season. As for Belleview Christian, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.
As of now, neither Lyons nor Belleview Christian have any future games scheduled.
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