The Priest River Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the Medical Lake Cardinals 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.
Priest River took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 43-0 victory over Kettle Falls. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 80th in Idaho, while the Bulldogs are ranked 273rd in Washington), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sawyer Staudt went supernova for Priest River, rushing for 55 yards and three touchdowns.
Priest River'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 Kane Berns and Layton Goins.
Meanwhile, everything went Medical Lake's way against Davenport on Friday as Medical Lake made off with a 36-16 win.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Medical Lake to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cylas Puzycki, who rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown. Dakotah Phillips was another key player, gaining 110 total yards and two touchdowns.
Priest River's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Medical Lake, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-2.
Priest River was able to grind out a solid victory over Medical Lake in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 34-22. The rematch might be a little tougher for Priest River since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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