The Cascade Cougars will face off against the La Grande Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
La Grande will take on a team with plenty of momentum: Cascade extended their winning streak to six on Thursday. The Cougars blew past Woodburn 47-6. With the Cougars ahead 41-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cascade to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bryce Kuenzi, who rushed for 74 yards and one score. Cade Coreson was another key signal caller, throwing for 94 yards and a pair of touchdowns on perfect 5-for-5 passing.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Cascade proved: they limited Woodburn to a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. The Cougars didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 19.6.
Meanwhile, La Grande was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Baker 49-9. The Tigers pushed the score to 49-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs cut but never quite recovered from.
The win got La Grande back to even at 3-3. As for Cascade, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0.
Cascade was taken down by La Grande 48-12 in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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