The Newport - Bellevue Knights will venture away from home to take on the Mercer Island Islanders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Newport - Bellevue sitting on three straight victories and Mercer Island on four.
Newport - Bellevue is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 48-12 win over Renton at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
It was another big night for Cole Oliver, who threw for 306 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Those 70 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Newport - Bellevue'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 Tristan Rhatigan and Brayden Howard. Howard also set a new season high mark in receiving touchdowns with three.
Meanwhile, Mercer Island didn't have too much trouble with Hazen on the road on Friday as they won 21-7. That's two games straight that the Islanders have won by exactly 14 points.
Newport - Bellevue's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Mercer Island, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Newport - Bellevue came up short against Mercer Island in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 27-21. Can Newport - Bellevue avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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