The Yelm Tornados will square off against the Puyallup Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Yelm will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 23-point they dealt Olympia last Thursday. Everything went Yelm's way against Olympia as Yelm made off with a 36-13 win. The result was nothing new for the Tornados, who have now won three matches by 23 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Puyallup strolled past Curtis with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 49-35. Puyallup pushed the score to 42-21 by the end of the third, a deficit Curtis cut but never quite recovered from.
Puyallup got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kyson Douglas out in front who rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Douglas has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Woodland, who picked up 93 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Puyallup didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jacek Garden, Markel Newell, Jasiah Denmark, and Woodland picked up one apiece. Garden is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last four games he's played.
Yelm's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Puyallup, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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