Football Preview: Garfield-Palouse Vikings vs. Pomeroy Pirates
The Garfield-Palouse Vikings's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Pomeroy Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Garfield-Palouse is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Wilbur-Creston-Keller, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Garfield-Palouse was ranked 16th). Garfield-Palouse was dealt a 74-18 defeat at the hands of Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Friday.
Meanwhile, Pomeroy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Sunnyside Christian a 70-0 shutout. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Pirates had established a 64 point advantage.
Pomeroy can attribute much of their success to Jett Slusser, who rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and Jacob Reisinger, who gained 168 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Reisinger a new career-high in rushing yards. Reggie Ott was in the mix as well, providing Pomeroy with two touchdowns.
Garfield-Palouse's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Pomeroy, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Garfield-Palouse took a serious blow against Pomeroy in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, falling 72-0. Can Garfield-Palouse avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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