STRASBURG \u2014 Strasburg is coming off a bye week and feeling good as the Rams start their Bull Run District schedule this week.<\/p>\n
The Rams play at Page County on Friday and Strasburg head football coach Tripp Lamb said the team had a good bye week last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t really have any injuries, so it was a pretty physical week,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cIt was a tough week for the guys, and we came out of it kind of how everybody wants to do (after a bye) week and that\u2019s coming out of it better than they were going in. We focused on us, cleaned up some things and we had a good physical week. We had a lot of fun with the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lamb said in a lot of ways the bye week was like August again with a lot of energy and excitement from his players.<\/p>\n
The Rams (4-1) are coming off an impressive 49-14 win over Class 3 powerhouse Turner Ashby, and Lamb said he was really proud of his team\u2019s performance against the Knights.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe challenged the guys when we went down to TA,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cWe challenged them right before the game to come out fast and to come out not sluggish like we kind of have been. And the guys answered the bell. That was a big win for the program. Obviously, they\u2019ve got one of the best programs in the area, especially in the Valley. And to go down there and win like we did, it was pretty special. The kids really enjoyed it. But that\u2019s in the past now, so we\u2019ve got the Bull Run District opening up this week. So we\u2019re all in on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lamb said that the play of the offensive line was once again a key to the victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought up front is really where we won the game,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cThose guys up front do such a good job firing off the ball and staying on their blocks. And what I think is most special about that group is how good they get to the second level, and even third level in some cases to bust some really long runs. We\u2019ve got plenty of backs in the backfield that we feel like we can hand the ball to and have success. So when you\u2019ve got an offensive line like that and you\u2019ve got some good running backs, you\u2019re going to score some points, and that\u2019s kind of what we\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lamb said he feels like the non-district schedule has helped prepare his team for the upcoming Bull Run District schedule.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bull Run\u2019s obviously very tough and very competitive week in and week out,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cSo we\u2019re hoping that a tough out-of-district schedule with some bigger schools, and some schools with some bigger names than ours is really going to help us close it out. Hopefully, we can be where we want to be to have a chance to win the district.\u201d<\/p>\n
Strasburg is led by its offensive line, which has paved the way for 1,775 rushing yards this season. Junior Quincy Williams has rushed for 742 yards and 12 touchdowns, despite missing one game due to injury. Senior Brady Knight has 267 rushing yards and one score, and senior Linkyn Bosworth has 228 rushing yards and three touchdowns for the Rams. Senior linebacker Nate Turner has 48 tackles and two sacks to lead Strasburg on defense.<\/p>\n
Page County (2-3) is an improved team, coming off of back-to-back wins with a young team and a new offense.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey run a version of the single-wing (offense),\u201d Lamb said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing Clarke (County) running the single-wing for years. So we\u2019re pretty familiar with it. They\u2019re big up front. They come off the ball well. So it\u2019s going to be a challenge for us, but I think it\u2019s one that we\u2019re up for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lamb said the Panthers are also solid on defense this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey fly around to the ball really well,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to have to make sure that we\u2019re staying on blocks, because they\u2019ve got some runners that will run you down and catch you if you don\u2019t. So I\u2019ve got to make sure that we\u2019re doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rams have some strong momentum right now and Lamb said he wants to see his team continue to play at a high level this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to see us come out right from the beginning,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cThat\u2019s going to be what I want every week is just trying to play four full quarters starting from the very beginning and not letting off in the first half at some point and then coming out in the second half trying to be heroes. We want to be playing ball for all four quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STRASBURG \u2014 Strasburg is coming off a bye week and feeling good as the Rams start their Bull…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[11628,7,3141,1014,58,2444,2611,6,11627,424,9,58746],"class_list":{"0":"post-435666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-eedition","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-local-sports","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nvdaily","17":"tag-rams","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-strasburg"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115350790819692558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}