Football Preview: Pomeroy Pirates vs. Garfield-Palouse Vikings
The Pomeroy Pirates will take on the Garfield-Palouse Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pomeroy has three straight wins, Garfield-Palouse has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pomeroy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Sunnyside Christian, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Pomeroy was ranked 11th). Pomeroy simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Sunnyside Christian 70-0 on the road. Fans of the Pirates have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 74-18, which was the final score in Garfield-Palouse's tilt against Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Friday.
Pomeroy pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Garfield-Palouse, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything came up roses for Pomeroy against Garfield-Palouse in their previous meeting back in October of 2022 as the squad secured a 72-0 win. Does Pomeroy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Garfield-Palouse turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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