The East Lincoln Mustangs will square off against the Forestview Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Forestview took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on East Lincoln, who comes in off a win.
East Lincoln is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Lincolnton: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that East Lincoln blew Lincolnton out of the water with a 52-14 final score. The Mustangs pushed the score to 45-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wolves had no chance of recovering from.
Grant Lawless went supernova for East Lincoln, throwing for 293 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 50 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Jackson Beam was Lawless' top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Lincoln was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 568 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lincolnton only gained 253.
Meanwhile, Forestview ended up a good deal behind Freedom on Friday and lost 26-7. The Jaguars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Christian Holland put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry.
The victory made it two in a row for East Lincoln and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Forestview, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything came up roses for East Lincoln against Forestview in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 as the team secured a 39-8 win. Will East Lincoln repeat their success, or does Forestview have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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