Toppenish hasn't had much luck against Ellensburg recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Toppenish Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the Ellensburg Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Toppenish will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Toppenish will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 25-point they dealt Quincy on Friday. Everything went Toppenish's way against Quincy as Toppenish made off with a 42-17 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Jackrabbits are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Toppenish's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jason Sanchez led the charge by throwing for 218 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also punching in two touchdowns on the ground. Alek Zapien was Sanchez's top target, picking up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 51 yards.
Meanwhile, Ellensburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They fell just short of Ephrata by a score of 9-6.
Toppenish's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Ellensburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Toppenish took a serious blow against Ellensburg in their previous meeting back in October of 2017, falling 42-0. Can Toppenish avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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