The Priest River Spartans will challenge the Colfax Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Priest River beats Colfax with 43 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Priest River took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 43-0 win over Medical Lake. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 74th in Idaho, while the Cardinals are ranked 268th in Washington), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Nate Fegert and he. Fegert gained 69 total yards and two touchdowns while he gained 69 total yards and two touchdowns. Sawyer Staudt is also on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played. Layton Goins got in on the action as well, returning a kick for a touchdown.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Priest River's defense and their three sacks. Niki Porinchok was especially locked on to Medical Lake's QB and sacked him twice. Porinchok also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
Meanwhile, Colfax got the win against Davenport on Friday by a conclusive 33-13. Considering the Bulldogs have won three matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory got Priest River back to even at 2-2. As for Colfax, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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