Spanaway Lake and Bonney Lake are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Spanaway Lake Sentinels will challenge the Bonney Lake Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Spanaway Lake will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Spanaway Lake took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They managed a 34-29 win over Olympia. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Sentinels were the better team in the second half.
Spanaway Lake's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Chase Best led the charge by throwing for 423 yards and five touchdowns. Malik Burns was Best's top target, picking up 124 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Spanaway Lake didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jeyden Wells and Xavier Martin. Wells also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, Bonney Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 44-7 loss at the hands of Yelm. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Tornados are ranked 19th).
With the victory, Spanaway Lake broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-3. As for Bonney Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Spanaway Lake took a serious blow against Bonney Lake when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 42-14. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Spanaway Lake was down 21-0.
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