Football Preview: Chief Leschi Warriors vs. Wahkiakum Mules
The Chief Leschi Warriors will square off against the Wahkiakum Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Chief Leschi has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Wahkiakum will arrive with three straight victories.
Chief Leschi's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Naselle on Saturday. They took a blow against the Comets, falling 73-0. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Comets are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wahkiakum). They claimed a resounding 54-12 win over North Beach on the road. Considering the Mules have won three matchups by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jayden Stoddard was his usual excellent self, throwing for 333 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 15.1 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 48 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.3 passing touchdowns per game. Parker Leitz was Stoddard's top target, picking up 189 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wahkiakum was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 33.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 181.
Chief Leschi's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Wahkiakum, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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