Football Preview: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Hamilton Huskies
Red Mountain hasn't had much luck against Hamilton recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hamilton Huskies at 7:00 p.m. Red Mountain will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Red Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Queen Creek, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Red Mountain was ranked third). Red Mountain took a 28-23 hit to the loss column at the hands of Queen Creek. The Mountain Lions' loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Simon Lopez and Tait Reynolds. Reynolds had a great game on Friday and rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Meanwhile, Lopez was balling out in the loss, throwing for 184 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Hamilton beat Casteel 17-7 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Huskies.
The critical scores for Hamilton came from Logan James and Tyshawn Ford. Another player making a difference was Rich Lucero Jr., who threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, Red Mountain fell to 7-1. As for Hamilton, their win bumped their record up to an identical 7-1.
Red Mountain suffered a grim 49-28 defeat to Hamilton when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Red Mountain was down 28-7.
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