Football Preview: Prospect Ridge Academy Miners vs. Forge Christian Fury
Prospect Ridge Academy hasn't had much luck against Forge Christian recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Prospect Ridge Academy Miners will challenge the Forge Christian Fury at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Prospect Ridge Academy sitting on three straight victories and Forge Christian on five.
Prospect Ridge Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat The Pinnacle 48-0 on the road. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Machaon Puga and he. Puga rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown while he rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Travis Agbosse also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Prospect Ridge Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, while Forge Christian put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Manitou Springs. Forge Christian took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 49-0 victory over Manitou Springs. Fans of the Fury 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 Sullivan Strange, who threw for 177 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 39 yards. Euli Tafoya was another key player, rushing for 125 yards on only six carries.
Prospect Ridge Academy now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Forge Christian, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Prospect Ridge Academy was dealt a bruising 59-0 loss at the hands of Forge Christian in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Forge Christian's Quentin Torres, who rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Prospect Ridge Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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