Football Preview: Mountain Ridge Sentinels vs. Davis Darts
Two dominant signal callers in Wyatt Bingham and Tradon Bessinger are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Mountain Ridge Sentinels and the Davis Darts will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bingham, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked 18th). Mountain Ridge was just a hair shy of victory last Friday and fell 8-7 to Bingham. The defeat continues a trend for the Sentinels in their matchups with the Miners: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Davis humbled Syracuse with a 49-10 victory. Considering the Darts have won six contests by more than 25 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Bessinger continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 32 yards and two touchdowns. Those 32 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Owen Talbot was another key player, rushing for 125 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Davis didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Bode Sparrow, Connor Brown, and Juni Moala picked up one apiece. Sparrow has been hot recently, having also posted two or more receiving touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Mountain Ridge moved to 5-5 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Davis, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Mountain Ridge suffered a grim 40-14 defeat to Davis in their previous matchup back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bessinger, who threw for 425 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Now that Mountain Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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