The Coeur d'Alene Vikings will stay at home for another week and welcome the Eagle Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Coeur d'Alene's defense has only allowed 15 points per game this season, so Eagle's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Coeur d'Alene is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Middleton, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Coeur d'Alene was ranked fifth). Coeur d'Alene strolled past Middleton with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 35-21.
A big part of Coeur d'Alene's win came down to the chemistry between Caden Symons and his top target Kai Wheeler. Symons threw for 456 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Wheeler picked up 152 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Wheeler was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 52 yards. A healthy portion of Symons' aerial production (84 yards to be exact) also went to Dylan Sutich, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Coeur d'Alene didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jayson Cady, Evan Williams, and Wheeler picked up one apiece. Wheeler has been hot recently, having also posted two or more receiving touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Eagle was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They snuck past Madison with a 22-16 victory.
Eagle's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 33.0 points per game. As for Coeur d'Alene, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Coeur d'Alene won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in November of 2023, slipping by Eagle 7-6. Does Coeur d'Alene have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eagle turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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