Football Preview: Maple Mountain Golden Eagles vs. Orem Tigers
The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will take on the Orem Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Maple Mountain is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Maple Mountain will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Wasatch, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Maple Mountain strolled past Wasatch with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 28-14. The Golden Eagles pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wasps cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Orem scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 60-59 to Sky View. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Orem might have lost, but man, Feleti Iongi was a machine: he rushed for 282 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Iongi is now averaging an impressive 123.8 rushing yards per game. Kaue Akana was another key player, picking up 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Orem was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 442 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Maple Mountain's victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Orem, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Maple Mountain strolled past Orem when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 31-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Maple Mountain since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
