The Willamette Wolverines will face off against the South Salem Saxons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Willamette has eight straight wins, South Salem has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Willamette got the win against North Salem by a conclusive 35-13. Considering the Wolverines have won five matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Willamette didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kyron Smith and Tevin Candelario.
Meanwhile, South Salem and North Medford were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but South Salem suffered a 27-26 defeat.
Willamette will have to contain Kellen Bowman as he made an impact in South Salem's last game. He threw for 403 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Willamette's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for South Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Willamette has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 166.9 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, South Salem has preferred to attack from the air: they average 366.5 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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