The Inchelium Hornets will head out on the road to face off against the Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Inchelium is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Mary Walker, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Inchelium was ranked 12th). Inchelium's defense stepped up to hand Mary Walker a 64-0 shutout on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Meanwhile, Wilbur-Creston-Keller put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Garfield-Palouse 74-18 at home. Fans of the Wildcats have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Preston Michel was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 308 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 113 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 7-for-7 passing. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Kallen Maioho, who gained 157 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wilbur-Creston-Keller was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 443 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in 16 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Inchelium now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Wilbur-Creston-Keller, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Inchelium took a serious blow against Wilbur-Creston-Keller in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 80-32. Can Inchelium avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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