Football Preview: Mountain Vista Golden Eagles vs. Arvada West Wildcats
Two dominant signal callers in Marquise Reese and Logan Duhachek are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will host the Arvada West Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mountain Vista will come into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
Mountain Vista is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Eaglecrest get on the board and left with a 14-0 victory. Those 14 points were actually the fewest the Golden Eagles have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
The critical scores for Mountain Vista came from Luke Bentley and Brody Callister.
Mountain Vista's run defense was locked in: Eaglecrest could only muster 2.6 yards per carry. The team can thank Quillan Gulick for the heroic effort on defense: he. Mountain Vista's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Arvada West, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in October. They strolled past Grandview with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 31-15.
Mountain Vista better keep an eye on Noah Meurer. He was instrumental in Arvada West's win, picking up 190 receiving yards and three scores, while also rushing for 52 yards on only seven carries. Those 190 receiving yards gave Meurer a new career-high.
Arvada West didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jaiden Nichols and Meurer.
Mountain Vista's record now sits at 11-0. As for Arvada West, their record is now 10-1.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Mountain Vista has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 293.8 passing yards per game. Arvada West, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 148 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Saturday? There's only one way to find out.
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