Football Recap: Sunrise Mountain Mustangs vs. West Point Dragons
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sunrise Mountain). They blew past the West Point Dragons 45-7 at home on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
Nicholas Bombaci went supernova for Sunrise Mountain, rushing for 159 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 31 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Bombaci a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Logan Russell, who picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sunrise Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
When it comes to explaining why West Point lost, don't look at Isaiah Smith. Despite the final result, he rushed for 112 yards on only 15 carries. Smith's longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards.
Sunrise Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for West Point, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-5.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Sunrise Mountain will play host again on Friday to welcome Verrado, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Sunrise Mountain will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last. As for West Point, they will challenge Cibola at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Point is facing Cibola at the right time seeing as Cibola is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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