The Rochester Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Tenino Beavers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rochester is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.2 points per game this season.
Rochester will bounce into Friday's match after beating Montesano, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Rochester snuck past Montesano with a 16-12 victory on Friday.
Ethan Rodriguez was his usual excellent self, rushing for 188 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run. Backing up that air attack was Xander Peterman, who rushed for 115 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rochester was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 427 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 17 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Tenino was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Hoquiam 36-7 on the road. The Beavers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 28 points or more this season.
Rochester has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Tenino, they now also have a winning record of 4-3.
Rochester strolled past Tenino in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 44-30. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Tenino's Jack Burkhardt, who picked up 119 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Rochester still be able to contain Burkhardt? There's only one way to find out.
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