Football Preview: Pomeroy Pirates vs. Naselle Comets
The Pomeroy Pirates will square off against the Naselle Comets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pomeroy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Odessa to the tune of 52-12. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 36-12.
Meanwhile, Naselle put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game with ease, bagging a 70-0 victory over Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Comets had established a 62 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Naselle to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jack Strange, who rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Strange also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making seven total tackles. Caiden Burke was another key rusher, rushing for 103 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
Naselle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 342 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 255 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Naselle's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB seven times. In that department, Kyle Pakenen was the leader with four sacks.
Naselle's win bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Pomeroy, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
Pomeroy suffered a grim 78-58 defeat to Naselle in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Naselle's Jacob Lindstrom, who rushed for 346 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 124 yards and a touchdown. Now that Pomeroy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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