The Woodland Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Ketchum Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Woodland will be strutting in after a victory while Ketchum will be coming in after a loss.
Woodland's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They breezed past Summit Christian Academy to the tune of 42-0. The Cougars' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Patrick Freeman went supernova, rushing for 39 yards and one score, while also catching one touchdown. Lucky Heath also deserves a mention for his punt return touchdown.
Woodland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Landon Presson and Jaston Terry.
Meanwhile, Ketchum played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Fairland, falling 55-14. The Warriors were down 48-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Woodland will have to contain Keegan Johnston as he made an impact in Ketchum's last game. He rushed for 154 yards and one TD on only 11 carries, and also threw for 89 yards and one touchdown.
Woodland has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.0 points on average over those games. As for Ketchum, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
Everything came up roses for Woodland against Ketchum when the teams last played back in November of 2024, as the team secured a 62-6 victory. In that matchup, the Cougars amassed a halftime lead of 46-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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