Football Recap: Rogers Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Oct 24, 2024, 11:18am

Football Recap: Rogers Rams vs. Puyallup Vikings

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Rogers lost against Puyallup back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Rogers Rams were beaten by the Puyallup Vikings 62-12. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Vikings are ranked 34th).

Leading Puyallup to victory were Kyson Douglas and Luke Parker. Douglas gained 161 total yards and five touchdowns, while Parker threw for 338 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Douglas torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 70 yards. Jayden Woodland was Parker's top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Rogers dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Puyallup, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-4.

Rogers will venture away from home to take on South Kitsap at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Kitsap is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.4 points per game this season. As for Puyallup, they will welcome Curtis at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Puyallup also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 26.3 points per game.

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