Bellingham and Anacortes are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Bellingham Bayhawks will square off against the Anacortes Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Bellingham will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Saturday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They were outmatched by Lakewood on the road and fell 46-14. The Bayhawks have struggled against the Cougars recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Anacortes had already won 14 in a row dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.2 points), and they went ahead and made it 15 on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 35-7 win over the Mariners. With the Seahawks ahead 35-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Anacortes found their leader in underclassman Ryan Harrington, who threw for 139 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Harrington a new career-high in rushing yards.
Bellingham's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Anacortes, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
Bellingham was dealt a bruising 48-0 loss at the hands of Anacortes in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Can Bellingham avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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