Lake Stevens has won four straight games at home, while Tahoma has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Lake Stevens Vikings will host the Tahoma Bears at 7:00 p.m. Lake Stevens is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 42.4 points per game this season.
Lake Stevens is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Arlington, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Lake Stevens was ranked tenth). Lake Stevens took a 28-14 bruising from Arlington on Friday. The Vikings' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Defeat or not, Lake Stevens got some senior leadership from Keagan Howard and Kolton Matson. Howard picked up 84 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while Matson threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Matson a new career-high in rushing yards (64).
Meanwhile, Tahoma sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 17-15 win over Stadium on Friday.
Tahoma's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Lake Stevens, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 6-3.
Everything came up roses for Lake Stevens against Tahoma in their previous meeting back in November of 2019, as the squad secured a 49-14 win. Will Lake Stevens repeat their success, or does Tahoma have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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