La Salle is 6-0 against Highland since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The La Salle Lightning will challenge the Highland Scots at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (La Salle has three straight victories, Highland has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, everything went La Salle's way against Columbia as La Salle made off with a 33-8 win. The Lightning pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Coyotes cut but never quite recovered from.
La Salle can attribute much of their success to Adan Villalobos, who rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and Johan Valladares, who rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Valladares didn't just play on offense: he also made three total tackles and defended a pass in addition to snagging two interceptions.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, La Salle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
La Salle's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Valladares and Villalobos. The dominant performance gave Villalobos a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 40-8, which was the final score in Highland's tilt against Mabton on Friday.
La Salle's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Highland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything came up roses for La Salle against Highland in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 75-6 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Salle since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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