Football Game Preview: Shadow Ridge Stallions vs. Apollo Hawks

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 2:42am

Football Preview: Shadow Ridge Stallions vs. Apollo Hawks

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The Shadow Ridge Stallions are taking a road trip to square off against the Apollo Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shadow Ridge will come in still looking for their first win of the season.

Shadow Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They received a blow on Friday as they fell 42-26 to O'Connor.

Shadow Ridge's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Michael Cruz, who gained 90 total yards and two touchdowns, and Xavier Armenta, who rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Cruz a new career-high in rushing yards.

Meanwhile, Apollo was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 43-37 to Goldwater.

Shadow Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Apollo, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.

Shadow Ridge was taken down by Apollo 48-14 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Shadow Ridge, Adam Mohammed (who rushed for 248 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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