Football Preview: Shadow Ridge Stallions vs. Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions
Shadow Ridge has been away from home for three games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Shadow Ridge: 11.5, Mountain Ridge: 6.3) so any points scored will be well earned.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: O'Connor, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked 21st). Shadow Ridge fell 14-7 to O'Connor on Tuesday. The contest was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Stallions couldn't quite close it out.
Jordyn Scott put forth a good effort for the losing side as she rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. She is becoming a predictor of Shadow Ridge's success: when she posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when she doesn't).
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge blew past Tolleson, posting a 38-6 victory at home. The Mountain Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 30 points or more this season.
Cameron Mailloux continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 148 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 244 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes. Those 148 rushing yards gave her a new career-high.
Mountain Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mailloux and Kailee Murphy. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Mailloux posted at least 109 rushing yards in the fourth games prior. Another thorn in Tolleson's side was Talia Nelson, who made 11 total tackles and defended five passes.
Shadow Ridge's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-2. As for Mountain Ridge, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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