The Vernon Lions will square off against the Ponder Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Vernon is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 56 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Paradise on Friday. They took a blow against the Panthers, falling 34-7.
Meanwhile, Ponder waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 49-14 victory over the Yellowjackets. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won three games by 35 points or more so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Tyson Price and Will McIntire. Price had a great game and rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Meanwhile, McIntire was balling out in the loss, rushing for 29 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 163 yards on 13 of 25 attempts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ponder was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 351 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Vernon's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Ponder, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Vernon has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 245 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Ponder has preferred to attack from the air: they average 267.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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