The Yelm Tornados will venture away from home to square off against the Puyallup Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yelm is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Yelm will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 23-point they dealt Olympia on Thursday. Yelm was the clear victor by a 36-13 margin over Olympia. The Tornados might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 23 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Puyallup had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took down the Vikings 49-35. Puyallup pushed the score to 42-21 by the end of the third, a deficit Curtis cut but never quite recovered from.
Puyallup's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kyson Douglas led the charge by rushing for 122 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Douglas has posted since back in October of 2023. Jayden Woodland was another key receiver, picking up 93 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Puyallup didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jacek Garden, Markel Newell, Jasiah Denmark, and Woodland picked up one apiece. Garden is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last four games he's played.
Yelm's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Puyallup, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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