It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lathrop can now relate to. They lost 49-28 to the Soldotna Stars on Saturday. The game was a close 21-20 at the break, but unfortunately for the Malemutes it sure didn't stay that way.
Loss or not, Lathrop got some senior leadership from Oschaun Easaw and Devin Emmett. Easaw rushed for 225 yards and a touchdown, while Emmett threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns. Those 225 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Easaw.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Lathrop was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 211 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
With the defeat, Lathrop broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-5. As for Soldotna, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-1.
As of now, neither Lathrop nor Soldotna have any future games scheduled.
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