Football Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Willamette

Wolverines

Previous 3 Games

09/19/25 @ Sprague	42-26
09/12/25 vs Grants Pass	56-21
09/05/25 @ South Medford	34-7

Willamette strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They strolled past the Sprague Olympians with points to spare, taking the game 42-26.

Willamette found their leader in sophomore Zeke Thomas, who threw for 280 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 33 yards. Knox Smith was Thomas' top target, picking up 76 receiving yards and a pair of scores.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Willamette proved: they limited Sprague to a paltry 2.9 yards per carry. The team can thank Kawai Chamberlin for the heroic effort on defense: he. Willamette's ground attack was stronger, having averaged five.

Although Sprague took the loss, they still got scores from Giovanni Pierre-Mike, Max Makarenko, Carter Lovell, and Isaac Tindall.

Willamette's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Sprague, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Willamette is set to challenge their familiar foe Sheldon at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Sprague will take on rival North Salem at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.