Soldotna and Lathrop are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Soldotna Stars will take on the Lathrop Malemutes at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Soldotna is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Chugiak 56-7 at home. The matchup marked the Stars' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, Lathrop entered their tilt with North Pole on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They claimed a resounding 42-13 victory over the Patriots on the road.
It was another big night for Oschaun Easaw, who rushed for 320 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his tenth straight game with at least 115 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lathrop was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 372 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win made it two in a row for Soldotna and bumps their season record up to 9-1. As for Lathrop, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4.
Soldotna came up short against Lathrop when the teams last played on October 5th, falling 35-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Easaw, who rushed for 196 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Soldotna knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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