Football Preview: Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions vs. Casteel Colts
The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Casteel Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Mountain Ridge focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Last Friday, Mountain Ridge was beaten by Williams Field 35-3. The Mountain Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Even if they lost, Mountain Ridge's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. In that department, Ethan Lopez was the leader with three. JT Shaffer was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making seven total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Casteel came up short against Mountain Pointe on Friday and fell 27-20. Despite 83 more yards than the Pride, the Colts couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Casteel's defeat came about despite a quality game from Paul Palmer, who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 215 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.5% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Palmer a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mountain Ridge now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Casteel, they now also have a losing record at 1-2.
Mountain Ridge suffered a grim 54-28 defeat to Casteel in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Thankfully for Mountain Ridge, Landon Jury (who threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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