The Bethlehem Academy/Discovery Cardinals will square off against the Lewiston-Altura Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bethlehem Academy/Discovery is looking for their season?s first victory.
Last Friday, Bethlehem Academy/Discovery had to suffer through a 54-16 loss at the hands of Fillmore Central. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Falcons are ranked 95th).
Meanwhile, Lewiston-Altura humbled Hayfield with a 57-12 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-0.
Lewiston-Altura relied on the efforts of Peyton Snitker, who rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns, and Tyson Prigge, who rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown. Prigge's longest rush was for an incredible 90 yards.
Lewiston-Altura wouldn't let Hayfield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lewiston-Altura can thank Riley Merchlewitz and Eli Jensen for forcing both of them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lewiston-Altura was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 425 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Bethlehem Academy/Discovery's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Lewiston-Altura, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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