Football Preview: Skyview Storm vs. Richland Bombers
The Skyview Storm will face off against the Richland Bombers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Skyview is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Decatur, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Skyview was ranked 14th). Skyview and Decatur were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Skyview suffered a 15-14 loss. The match was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Storm couldn't quite close it out.
Although Skyview took the loss, they still got scores from Micah Robison and Gavin Packer.
Meanwhile, Richland entered their contest against Kennewick on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Richland was just a hair shy of victory and fell 14-13 to Kennewick. The matchup marked the Bombers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Richland saw an underclassman step up: Jackson Woodard threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 38 yards.
Richland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Brody Bocek and Sylen Kiesel-Kauhane. Bocek also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 95.
This is the second loss in a row for Skyview and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Richland, the loss snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Skyview has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 148.6 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Richland has preferred to attack from the air: they average 267.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Saturday? There's only one way to find out.
Skyview was taken down by Richland 35-7 in their previous meeting back in November of 2016. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Skyview was down 28-7.
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