The Granite Falls Tigers will face off against the Cashmere Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Granite Falls is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.9 points per game this season.
Granite Falls had been on a three-game streak of scoring at least 31 points, but King's put an end to it on Friday. Granite Falls came up short against King's, falling 32-6. The matchup marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Granite Falls didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Vince Howard and Kolby McKnight.
Meanwhile, Cashmere entered their tilt with Naches Valley on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They breezed by the Rangers to the tune of 56-0. Considering the Bulldogs have won eight contests by more than 28 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cashmere's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Aidan Theiss, who rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Theiss a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cashmere pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 4.2 points per game. As for Granite Falls, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-3 record.
Granite Falls was dealt a bruising 49-6 loss at the hands of Cashmere when the teams last played back in September of 2021. Can Granite Falls avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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