Football Preview: Mercer Island Islanders vs. Redmond Mustangs
The Mercer Island Islanders will challenge the Redmond Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mercer Island has seven straight victories, Redmond has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mercer Island is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Inglemoor: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mercer Island blew Inglemoor out of the water with a 52-21 final score. The result was nothing new for the Islanders, who have now won five contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
Mercer Island's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Youngmin Lee led the charge by throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Lee has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Parker Blosch helped Lee out on the ground, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Meanwhile, a win for Redmond just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 45-20 to Newport - Bellevue. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Knights are ranked 111th).
Redmond might have lost, but man, Hank Crawford was a machine: he rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns.
Mercer Island's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Redmond, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Mercer Island was able to grind out a solid win over Redmond in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 21-11. Does Mercer Island have another victory up their sleeve, or will Redmond turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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