The Waitsburg Cardinals will challenge the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Waitsburg comes in on three and Tekoa-Rosalia on four.
Waitsburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Dayton, who was ranked 21st at the time (Waitsburg was ranked 14th). The Cardinals took down the Bulldogs 50-36 on Friday.
Jayton Gleason produced another solid effort rushing for 207 yards and two TDs on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 251 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Isaias Reyes was another key player, picking up 153 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Jarod Hankins
| 09/26/25 @ Dayton | 14 |
| 09/19/25 vs Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian | 11 |
| 09/12/25 @ Mabton | 15 |
| 09/05/25 vs DeSales | 8 |
| 11/09/24 @ Inchelium | 6 |
| + 7 more games |
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Waitsburg's defensive line and their seven sacks. Jarod Hankins was especially locked on to Dayton's QB and sacked him five times. Hankins has been hot for a while, having also posted six or more total tackles the last 12 times he's played.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tekoa-Rosalia). Everything went their way against St. John-Endicott on Friday as they made off with a 58-32 victory. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Timberwolves had established a 22-point advantage.
Waitsburg's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Tekoa-Rosalia, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Waitsburg beat Tekoa-Rosalia 14-6 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Timberwolves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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