A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withthe Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated (Odessa has five wins , while Wilbur-Creston-Keller has six dating back to last season).
Odessa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Washington's top teams: Curlew, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Odessa was ranked third). Odessa had just enough and edged Curlew out 36-34. The 36-point effort marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Wilbur-Creston-Keller was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Cusick 68-30 at home. Fans of the Wildcats have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
It was another big night for Preston Michel, who rushed for 150 yards and six touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 81 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 75 yards. Kallen Maioho was another key player, gaining 315 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wilbur-Creston-Keller was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in 19 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Wilbur-Creston-Keller didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Maioho and Michel. Michel is also on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Odessa's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Wilbur-Creston-Keller, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
Odessa took a serious blow against Wilbur-Creston-Keller in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 54-6. Can Odessa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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