Area playoff football preview: L&M vs. Durant

Thursday evening brings a pair of local teams as Louisa Muscatine travels to Durant in the first round of the IHSAA playoffs. A pair of dynamic runners lead these teams into the matchup.

Durant comes in at (3-3) led by sophomore running back Nolan DeLong. DeLong leads the team with 1159 yds and 15 tds on the ground. He is coming off a signature game last week. The running back accounted for over 300 total yds and 4 tds.

L&M finished the season (1-6) and are led by senior running back Emmanuel Walker. He finished the season with 381 yds and 2 tds on the ground. Walker comes off a solid game last week running for 183 yds and a touchdown.

This game can be heard on KWPC 860 AM and 95.1 FM. Pegame show begins at 6:45pm with kickoff at 7pm. Commentators for the game will be Brian Mussehl and Jim Miller. This game is brought to you by Alpen Ford, DeLong Electric, Muscatine Youth Sports, Jeff’s Market and Earnist Insurance.

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