Football Preview: Gig Harbor Tides vs. Mount Tahoma T-Birds
The Gig Harbor Tides will venture away from home to square off against the Mount Tahoma T-Birds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Gig Harbor is headed out in good spirits considering the team just ended their winless streak on the road against Central Kitsap on Friday. Gig Harbor secured a 17-13 W over Central Kitsap.
Meanwhile, Mount Tahoma's game on Friday was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Bellarmine Prep by a score of 27-20.
Mikkah Cordero went supernova for Mount Tahoma, rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, while also throwing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. Those 74 rushing yards gave Cordero a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mount Tahoma was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Mount Tahoma didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kemarjae Davis and Angel Urban.
The victory got Gig Harbor back to even at 3-3. As for Mount Tahoma, their record now sits at 2-4.
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