Football Preview: South Kitsap Wolves vs. Sumner Spartans
South Kitsap hasn't had much luck against Sumner recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The South Kitsap Wolves will look to defend their home field against the Sumner Spartans at 7:00 p.m. South Kitsap is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games dating back to last season.
Last Friday, in a tight contest that could have gone either way, South Kitsap made off with a 36-35 victory over Central Kitsap.
Thomas Frei went supernova for South Kitsap, picking up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 38 yards. The dominant performance gave Frei a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Brycen Clay, who rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: South Kitsap was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 226 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
South Kitsap's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Boden Harvey and Josha Traslavina.
Meanwhile, Sumner is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of West Linn. Sumner took a 34-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Linn. The loss was the Spartans' first of the season.
South Kitsap's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Sumner, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
South Kitsap took a serious blow against Sumner in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 47-8. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Kitsap was down 32-0.
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