Football Preview: Anacortes Seahawks vs. Bainbridge Spartans
Anacortes is on a 14-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Bainbridge is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Anacortes Seahawks will host the Bainbridge Spartans at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
If Anacortes beats Bainbridge with 77 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Anacortes blew past Foster 77-12 on Friday. Considering the Seahawks have won eight contests by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Brady Beaner was his usual excellent self, rushing for 141 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 268 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Rylin Lang, who picked up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Anacortes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 334 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Bainbridge had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 38-26 win over the Bantams.
Bainbridge found their leader in sophomore Nate Putman, who threw for 224 yards and four touchdowns. Putman has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. A healthy portion of Putman's aerial production (135 yards to be exact) went to Rowan Meek.
Bainbridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zach Ausmeier and Aj Larsen.
Anacortes' victory bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Bainbridge, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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