The Garfield-Palouse Vikings are on the road again on Friday to play the Pomeroy Pirates at 7:00 p.m.
Garfield-Palouse is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Wilbur-Creston-Keller, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Garfield-Palouse was ranked 16th). Garfield-Palouse was dealt a 74-18 loss at the hands of Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Friday.
Meanwhile, Pomeroy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Sunnyside Christian onto the board and left with a 70-0 win. The Pirates pushed the score to 64-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had no chance of recovering from.
Pomeroy can attribute much of their success to Jett Slusser, who rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and Jacob Reisinger, who gained 168 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Reisinger a new career-high in rushing yards. Reggie Ott got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pomeroy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 186 rushing yards in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Pomeroy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Boone Schmidt and Ott.
Garfield-Palouse's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Pomeroy, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Garfield-Palouse was taken down by Pomeroy 72-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2022. Can Garfield-Palouse avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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