Three to see: Week 2

Timberline (0-1) at North Thurston (1-0), 7 tonight, South Sound Stadium

The Lacey Showdown comes with some questions for each team – how will the Blazers bounce back following last week’s 20-6 loss to Camas and can they slowdown North Thurston’s high-powered offense? For North Thurston, can its offense keep the momentum going against a Timberline defense that didn’t surrender an offense touchdown in Week 1? The 69 points the Rams put up in last Friday’s 69-6 win over Shelton was a school record. QB Ben Broeker was 6-for-10 for 206 yards and four touchdowns, and didn’t play in the second half. Spencer Crump scored Timberline’s only touchdown against the Papermakers, and held them to two field goals and got two touchdowns via fumble returns. Tonight is the 41st consecutive year the two teams have met and have played each other at least once per season since 1970 – the year Timberline opened – making it the longest continuous rivalry in Thurston County. North Thurston leads the all-time 26-20, including last year’s 41-28 victory – but Timberline has won six of the past eight meetings.

Shelton (0-1) at Black Hills (0-1), 7 tonight, Tumwater District Stadium

Both teams had offensive struggles in Week 1, and both look to pull out a confidence-boosting victory tonight. It’s been an emotional week for the Highclimbers, who lost their football gear and equipment from an early-morning arson fire on Sunday, but none of their game-day gear was destroyed. The fire came less than 48 hours following a tough 69-6 loss to 2A North Thurston at home, and struggled stopping the Rams’ passing and rushing attack.
Black Hills’ offense wasn’t on the field much in last week’s 60-7 loss to 1A Montesano, only running 38 total plays and had trouble stopping the Bulldogs’ offense. Cameron Stone scored the Wolves’ touchdown on an 8-yard run early in the fourth quarter in his first start in the backfield. Last year, these two teams had an offensive slugfest with Shelton coming away with a 41-40 victory.

Football: Week 2 games

-- Thursday's result
River Ridge 26, Steilacoom 7

-- Friday's games
Olympia at Capital, 7:30 p.m.
Timberline at North Thurston, 7 p.m.
Shelton at Black Hills, 7 p.m.
Tumwater at Yelm, 7 p.m.
NW Christian at Tenino, 7 p.m.
Rochester at La Center, 7 p.m.
Toledo at Rainier, 7 p.m.
Lindbergh at Chehalis, 7 p.m.
Centralia at North Kitsap, 7 p.m.
Elma at Aberdeen, 7 p.m.
Mary M. Knight at Oakville, 5 p.m.