The Soap Lake Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Mary Walker Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Washington (Soap Lake is ranked 35th, while Mary Walker is ranked 33rd).
A well-balanced attack led Soap Lake over Pateros in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Soap Lake blew Pateros out of the water with a 58-6 final score. Soap Lake pushed the score to 46-6 by the end of the third, a deficit Pateros had no chance of recovering from.
Samuel Schopf went supernova for Soap Lake, rushing for 255 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Trey Landdeck also deserves a shout-out for his two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Soap Lake's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Grayson Pippens and Schopf who racked up six sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Mary Walker's five-game losing streak came to an end on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 42-28 victory over Davenport. The high flying offensive effort was a huge turnaround for Mary Walker's 12-point performance the matchup before.
Soap Lake is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Mary Walker, their win bumped their record up to 2-7.
Soap Lake was able to grind out a solid victory over Mary Walker in their previous meeting back in September of 2018, winning 40-28. Does Soap Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mary Walker turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
