Football Preview: River View Panthers vs. Okanogan Bulldogs
The River View Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Okanogan Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. River View has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight defeats, while Okanogan will come in with 16 straight wins.
River View is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 47 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Goldendale on Friday. They took a blow against the Timberwolves, falling 48-7.
Meanwhile, Okanogan didn't have too much trouble with Lynden Christian on the road on Friday as they won 36-22.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Okanogan to victory, but perhaps none more so than Carter Kuchenbuch, who rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Okanogan also got a significant boost from Tanner Grooms, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Okanogan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 334 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 231 rushing yards in 16 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
River View's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Okanogan, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
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