Football Preview: Fife Trojans vs. Franklin Pierce Cardinals
Two dominant backs in Slavik Shemedyuk and Bryson Allen are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Fife Trojans will welcome the Franklin Pierce Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Fife: 13, Franklin Pierce: 5.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
Fife's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when Eatonville offense got past them. Fife came up short against Eatonville on Thursday, falling 32-7. The matchup marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Franklin Pierce put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Steilacoom 44-7 at home. Fans of the Cardinals have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Franklin Pierce to victory, but perhaps none more so than Junior Teregeyo, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. Teregeyo's longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Orcutt, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Franklin Pierce was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 433 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in 16 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Franklin Pierce didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Taeshaun Wood and Jimmy Amadeo. Amadeo also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine. Franklin Pierce got some further help from Zeke Isaacson: he picked up two sacks and made nine total tackles.
Fife's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Franklin Pierce, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Fife was taken down by Franklin Pierce 42-15 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Fife, Tony Olione Silva (who rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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