Football Preview: Shadow Mountain Matadors vs. Valley Lutheran Flames
The Shadow Mountain Matadors will venture away from home to challenge the Valley Lutheran Flames at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shadow Mountain will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Shadow Mountain is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Coronado: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Shadow Mountain blew Coronado out of the water with a 62-6 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-6.
Shadow Mountain can attribute much of their success to Robert Caldwell, who threw for 196 yards and a touchdown on only 18 passes. Jaiden Hill was in the mix too, providing Shadow Mountain with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Shadow Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 61.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 175.
Shadow Mountain wouldn't let Coronado keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Hill, Cooper Morris, Jeremy Walker, and Michael Collins picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Valley Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 43-0 loss at the hands of Madison Highland Prep.
Shadow Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Valley Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything came up roses for Shadow Mountain against Valley Lutheran when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured an 85-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shadow Mountain since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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