Football Preview: Mount Tahoma T-Birds vs. Eastlake Wolves
The Mount Tahoma T-Birds will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Eastlake Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mount Tahoma is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They fell 42-34 to Yelm on Thursday.
The losing side was boosted by Mikkah Cordero, who threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per attempt. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023.
Mount Tahoma wouldn't let Yelm keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mount Tahoma can thank Shan Jones and Devon Addison for forcing both of them. Jones also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Eastlake faced Eastside Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Eastlake might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 40-14 to Eastside Catholic, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Mount Tahoma came up short against Eastlake in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 35-28. Can Mount Tahoma avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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