Football Preview: Warden Cougars vs. River View Panthers
Warden has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the River View Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Warden is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Columbia just ended the team's five-game winning streak dating back to last season on Friday. They lost 24-0 to the Coyotes. The loss was the Cougars' first of the season.
Meanwhile, River View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Okanogan on the road and fell 61-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 26th).
Having lost for the first time this season, Warden fell to 3-1. As for River View, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Warden was dealt a bruising 54-8 loss at the hands of River View in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of River View's Hyatt Clark, who threw for 171 yards and five touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes. Now that Warden 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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