Football Preview: Rimrock Raiders vs. Centennial Baptist Mustangs
The Rimrock Raiders will head out on the road to square off against the Centennial Baptist Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rimrock has three straight victories, Centennial Baptist has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rimrock is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Wilder at home to the tune of 78-14 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Raiders, who have now won three games by 35 points or more so far this season.
Kolton Jewett was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 73 yards, and also caught a touchdown. Those 73 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Rimrock didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kas Bachman and Jose Jaramillo. Bachman also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 149.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rimrock was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 335 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 306 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, a win for Centennial Baptist just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 63-42 to Idaho City. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (36), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
Rimrock's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Centennial Baptist, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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