Football Recap: Rimrock Raiders vs. Wilder Wildcats
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rimrock). They blew past the Wilder Wildcats 78-14 at home on Friday. Considering the Raiders have won three contests by more than 34 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kolton Jewett had a dynamite game for Rimrock, rushing for 73 yards, while also catching a touchdown. Jewett really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run.
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 matchups.
Although Wilder took the loss, they still got scores from Brandon Perez and Julian Nerri.
Rimrock's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Wilder, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-4.
Rimrock will square off against Centennial Baptist at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rimrock is facing Centennial Baptist at the right time seeing as Centennial Baptist is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Wilder does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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