Football Preview: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Desert Ridge Jaguars
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Red Mountain is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Desert Ridge Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Red Mountain will be strutting in after a win while Desert Ridge will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, Red Mountain took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 53-6 victory over Valley Vista. With the Mountain Lions ahead 46-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Desert Ridge ended up a good deal behind Hamilton on Thursday and lost 35-21. The Jaguars haven't had much luck with the Huskies recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Loss or not, Desert Ridge got some senior leadership from Michael Alvarado and Andre Gonzales. Alvarado picked up 93 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while Gonzales. threw for 206 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Even if they lost, Desert Ridge's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Taevin Bean was especially locked on to Hamilton's QB and sacked him twice.
Red Mountain's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Desert Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Red Mountain didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Desert Ridge when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 36-30 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Desert Ridge's Major Wootan, who threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 55 yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Red Mountain to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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