The Evergreen Plainsmen will venture away from home to take on the Mountain View Thunder at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Evergreen has three straight wins, Mountain View has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Evergreen earned a 29-19 victory over Heritage.
Malukai Turner-Hodges had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 215 yards and two scores on only 11 carries. Darren Schmitt also deserves some recognition as he rushed for his first rushing yards of the season.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Evergreen was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mountain View played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Kelso, falling 40-7. While losing is never fun, the Thunder can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Hilanders are ranked 74th).
Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Evergreen, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
Everything went Evergreen's way against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, as Evergreen made off with a 20-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Plainsmen since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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