Coeur d'Alene has gone 4-0 against Sandpoint recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Coeur d'Alene Vikings' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Sandpoint Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Coeur d'Alene is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 35-18 win over Sunnyside two weeks ago. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked third in Idaho, while the Grizzlies are ranked 67th in Washington), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Anthony Browning had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns. Jayson Cady did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 83 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Sandpoint was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 49-48 to Pocatello. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (37), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Sandpoint got top-tier performance from Drew Lehman, who rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 144 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Ashlei Hawkins, who rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Coeur d'Alene's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Sandpoint, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
Coeur d'Alene strolled past Sandpoint when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 19-0. Does Coeur d'Alene have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sandpoint turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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