After a shutout loss last week at No. 1 Billings Central, Laurel faced another tough road test Friday at No. 2 Lewistown. This time the Locomotives passed.

Trailing by eight points entering the fourth quarter, No. 5 Laurel gutted out a 35-21 victory with a fourth-quarter rally in the game of the week in Class A.

Three other ranked teams won on Friday, as top-ranked Central, No. 3 Hamilton and No. 4 Frenchtown all won by sizeable margins.

Key Week 5 matchup: No. 5 Laurel 35, No. 2 Lewistown 21

Laurel's comeback began midway through the fourth quarter. A 23-yard run by Curtis Fox set the Locomotives at the Lewistown 12, and then two plays later Luke Maack caught a 5-yard scoring pass from Krew Hunter. Hunter then hit Isaiah Burt with a two-point pass to tie the game.

Laurel soon got the

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