Football Preview: Mercer Island Islanders vs. O'Dea Fighting Irish
The Mercer Island Islanders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the O'Dea Fighting Irish at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Mercer Island was able to grind out a solid win over Kelso, taking the game 40-30.
Youngmin Lee continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 355 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 38 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Kainoa Brown, who rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries.
Meanwhile, O'Dea put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 45-7 victory over Liberty. Considering the Fighting Irish have won seven matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
O'Dea pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.7 points per game. As for Mercer Island, their record is now 10-0.
Mercer Island was taken down by O'Dea 55-21 in their previous matchup back in November of 2017. Can Mercer Island avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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