Football Recap: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Hamilton Huskies
On Saturday, Red Mountain faced Hamilton in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions fell to the Hamilton Huskies 21-17. The Mountain Lions' loss signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.
Although Red Mountain took the loss, they still got scores from Didrika Valentin and Sierra Mellish.
Red Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Trisha Stine-Groves and Joelle Haddad.
A big part of Hamilton's win came down to the chemistry between Marlie Phillips and her top target Samaya Taylor-Jenkins. Phillips threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of her passes while Taylor-Jenkins picked up 76 receiving yards and three touchdowns. What's more, Phillips also racked up 16 rushing yards, the most she's had since back in September.
Red Mountain's defeat ended a 14-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 15-5. As for Hamilton, they pushed their record up to 17-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home.
As of now, neither Red Mountain nor Hamilton have any future games scheduled.
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