The Silverton Foxes will play host again on Friday to welcome the Wilsonville Wildcats, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Silverton knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past eight contests -- so hopefully Wilsonville likes a good challenge.
Silverton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Summit by a score of 36-23. The Foxes pushed the score to 36-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Storm cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Wilsonville faced Churchill in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Wilsonville breezed by Churchill to the tune of 34-6. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by 22 points or more this season.
Roman Kealoha was his usual excellent self, rushing for 191 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Mark Wiepert, who rushed for 26 yards and two touchdowns.
Wilsonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 90.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 140.
One reason for the win was Wilsonville's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In that department, Carter Christiansen was the leader with two.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Wilsonville, bringing their record for this year to 9-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33.2 points. As for Silverton, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Silverton strolled past Wilsonville in their previous matchup back in October by a score of 45-27. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Wiepert, who threw for 332 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 79 yards on only ten carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Silverton still be able to contain Wiepert? There's only one way to find out.
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