Lincoln has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Colfax Falcons at 7:15 p.m. Lincoln is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.2 points per game this season.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Lincoln finally turned things around against Center on Friday. They strolled past the Cougars with points to spare, taking the game 27-13.
Brock Galer had a dynamite game for Lincoln, rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. Those 165 rushing yards gave Galer a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Duff, who rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Lincoln was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Colfax was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 26-20 to Bear River. While the Falcons had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Bruins 13-0.
Lincoln's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Colfax, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Lincoln didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Colfax in their previous meeting back in October of 2017, but they still walked away with a 48-42 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Colfax's Mason Ahrens, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Lincoln to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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