Football Game Preview: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. ALA - Queen Creek Patriots + How To Watch

The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the ALA - Queen Creek Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Things were looking good for Red Mountain after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 30-22 hit to the loss column at the hands of Queen Creek. The Mountain Lions gained 141 more yards on the day, but it was the Bulldogs that made the best use of them.

Airreon Windom

Receiving Yards

10/17/25 @ Mountain View	96
09/05/25 vs ALA - Queen Creek	93
11/07/25 vs Queen Creek	91
10/24/25 vs Gilbert	88
09/26/25 @ Brophy College Prep	81

Red Mountain's defeat came about despite a quality game from Dominic Carmigiano, who threw for 350 yards and a pair of TDs. A healthy portion of that aerial production (91 yards to be exact) went to Airreon Windom.

Don't try to pin the team's loss on the defense: they kept the trenches locked down and allowed a mere 3.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Jameson Wade for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Red Mountain; they were averaging 6.5yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've fallen to only 5 per game.

Meanwhile, ALA - Queen Creek faced Casteel in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Patriots put the hurt on the Colts with a sharp 41-21 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won four contests by 20 points or more so far this season.

ALA - Queen Creek's win came from a few key players Red Mountain will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Britton Dewitt, who threw for 299 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passer rating (158.6). Khalil Bender did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 162 receiving yards.

The win was the fifth in a row for ALA - Queen Creek, bringing their record up to 5-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.6 points on average over those games. As for Red Mountain, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-2.

Red Mountain came out on top in a nail-biter against ALA - Queen Creek when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 31-28. Do the Mountain Lions have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.