Football Preview: Eagle Mustangs vs. Coeur d'Alene Vikings
The Eagle Mustangs will take on the Coeur d'Alene Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Eagle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Madison, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Eagle was ranked third). Eagle snuck past Madison with a 22-16 win on Friday.
Meanwhile, Coeur d'Alene came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They enjoyed a cozy 35-21 victory over the Vikings.
A big part of Coeur d'Alene's win came down to the chemistry between Caden Symons and his top target Kai Wheeler. Symons threw for 456 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Wheeler picked up 152 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Wheeler was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 52 yards. A healthy portion of Symons' aerial production (84 yards to be exact) also went to Dylan Sutich, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Coeur d'Alene's defense and their five sacks. Leading the way was Rylan Peterson with two.
Eagle pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 33.0 points per game. As for Coeur d'Alene, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Eagle and Coeur d'Alene were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but Eagle suffered an agonizing 7-6 defeat. Can Eagle avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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