Football Preview: Rocky Mountain Grizzlies vs. Timberline Wolves
Rocky Mountain has gone 8-0 against Timberline recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies will look to defend their home field against the Timberline Wolves at 7:00 p.m. Rocky Mountain knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Timberline likes a good challenge.
Rocky Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Middleton, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Rocky Mountain was ranked second). Rocky Mountain breezed by Middleton at home to the tune of 46-17 on Friday. Fans of the Grizzlies have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
It was another big night for Austin Rovig, who threw for 365 yards and five touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards. Another player making a difference was Jeff Thompson, who picked up 146 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Timberline). They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Centennial 42-10 at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Rocky Mountain pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Timberline, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Rocky Mountain against Timberline in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 43-10 victory. Will Rocky Mountain repeat their success, or does Timberline have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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