Rainier Beach is 0-7 against Eastside Catholic since September of 2017 but things could change on Friday. The Rainier Beach Vikings and the Eastside Catholic Crusaders are set to duel.
Rainier Beach is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 33 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Roosevelt on Friday. They took a blow against the Roughriders, falling 42-7. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Roughriders are ranked 24th).
Meanwhile, Eastside Catholic had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Panthers 35-14. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
Rainier Beach now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Eastside Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Rainier Beach was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Eastside Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Rainier Beach avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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