Football Game Preview: South Eugene on Home-Turf

The South Eugene Axe will start their season against the Thurston Colts. Kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Thurston is headed out to face South Eugene after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Thurston took down Caldera 45-29 on Friday.

Thurston pushed their record up to 1-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for South Eugene, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they will be fighting an uphill battle after finishing 2-7.

South Eugene was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Thurston in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thurston's Noah Blair, who threw for 186 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes. Now that South Eugene knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.

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