Football Preview: Red Mountain Mountain Lions vs. Williams Field Black Hawks
The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Williams Field Black Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Red Mountain sitting on four straight victories and Williams Field on three.
Red Mountain's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Downey offense got past them. Red Mountain skirted past Downey 35-32. Given the Mountain Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked eighth in Arizona, while the Vikings are ranked 47th in California), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Red Mountain's win came down to the chemistry between Simon Lopez and his top target Bode Wagner. Lopez threw for 259 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes while Wagner gained 199 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Wagner a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, everything went Williams Field's way against Desert Ridge on Friday as Williams Field made off with a 30-6 victory. Considering the Black Hawks have won three games by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Williams Field's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jacob Carrasco and Adrian Dahlene. Dahlene also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12. Williams Field got some further help from Andrew Schertz: he picked up 2.5 sacks and made six total tackles.
Red Mountain's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Williams Field, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Red Mountain strolled past Williams Field in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 40-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Red 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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