The Sunnyside Christian Knights and the Mabton Vikings are set to duel on Friday. Sunnyside Christian will be strutting in after a win while Mabton will be coming in after a defeat.
Sunnyside Christian will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 76-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Touchet on Friday. Sunnyside Christian narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Touchet 22-20. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Knights have posted against the Redhawks since October 19, 2018.
A big part of Sunnyside Christian's victory came down to the chemistry between Jake Smeenk and his top target Gunnar Alseth. Smeenk rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry while Alseth rushed for 40 yards and two touchdowns. Those 40 rushing yards gave Alseth a new career-high.
Sunnyside Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Sunnyside Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Smeenk.
Meanwhile, a win for Mabton just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 78-24 loss at the hands of DeSales. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Irish are ranked fourth).
Sunnyside Christian now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Mabton, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
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