After each having a week off, the Olympic Heights Lions and the Wellington Wolverines will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Olympic Heights will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Olympic Heights' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Park Vista last Friday. They had to suffer through a 49-0 loss at the hands of the Cobras.
Meanwhile, Wellington never let their opponents score last Friday. They came out on top against Dr. Joaquin Garcia by a score of 7-0. The seven-point effort marked the Wolverines' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Tyree Pearson was the offensive standout of the contest as he rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wellington's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Derek Carrera and Jayden Welsh, who racked up four sacks between them. Welsh also sacked two sacks, which is notable because Wellington is 2-1 when he posts at least two sacks, but 1-2 otherwise. Wellington got some further help from Julian Riaboukha: he made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Olympic Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Wellington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-3.
Olympic Heights was dealt a bruising 40-3 loss at the hands of Wellington when the teams last played back in November of 2020. Can Olympic Heights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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