Football Preview: Mount Tahoma T-Birds vs. Gig Harbor Tides
The Mount Tahoma T-Birds will square off against the Gig Harbor Tides at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Gig Harbor heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Mount Tahoma took over last week. Mount Tahoma walked away with a 27-20 win over Bellarmine Prep on Friday.
Mikkah Cordero was a one-man wrecking crew for Mount Tahoma as he rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Cordero a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mount Tahoma was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Mount Tahoma didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kemarjae Davis and Angel Urban.
Meanwhile, the third road contest was the charm for Gig Harbor, as they earned their first road win of the season. They snuck past Central Kitsap with a 17-13 victory on Friday.
Mount Tahoma's win bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Gig Harbor, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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