The Yelm Tornados will challenge the Graham-Kapowsin Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Graham-Kapowsin is hoping to do what Spanaway Lake couldn't on Friday: put an end to Yelm's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Yelm blew past Spanaway Lake 52-14 on the road. 52 seems to be a good number for the Tornados as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Graham-Kapowsin). They breezed by Bonney Lake at home to the tune of 42-0 on Thursday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Panthers are ranked 158th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Graham-Kapowsin found their leader in underclassman Aj Tuivaiave, who threw for 185 yards and four touchdowns. Blake Pearson helped Tuivaiave out on the ground, rushing for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Graham-Kapowsin wouldn't let Bonney Lake keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Graham-Kapowsin can thank Isaac Coburn and Keyan Wilson for forcing both of them.
Yelm pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Graham-Kapowsin, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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