Football Preview: Wilsonville Wildcats vs. Silverton Foxes
The Wilsonville Wildcats will square off against the Silverton Foxes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Wilsonville sitting on four straight victories and Silverton on eight.
Wilsonville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Churchill 34-6. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won eight contests by 22 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Roman Kealoha, who rushed for 191 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. Mark Wiepert was another major influence, as he rushed for 26 yards and ran in a TD.
Wilsonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 90.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 140.
One reason for the win was Wilsonville's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Leading the way was Carter Christiansen with two.
Meanwhile, Silverton faced Summit in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Silverton came out on top against Summit by a score of 36-23. The Foxes pushed the score to 36-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Storm cut but never quite recovered from.
Wilsonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.3 points per game. As for Silverton, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
Things could have been worse for Wilsonville, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 45-27 loss to Silverton when the teams last played back in October. Can Wilsonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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