The Forest Lake Rangers will head out to take on the Mounds View Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Forest Lake beat East Ridge 22-18.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Mounds View, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. Everything went their way against White Bear Lake on Thursday as Mounds View made off with a 28-6 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Mustangs have posted against the Bears since September 5, 2014.
Jacob Sampson had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also threw for 70 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 81 yards.
The win got Forest Lake back to even at 1-1. As for Mounds View, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Forest Lake strolled past Mounds View in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 24-8. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forest Lake 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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