Football Recap: Conifer Lobos vs. Green Mountain Rams
If Conifer was riding high fresh off their 40-12 takedown of Summit last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Conifer Lobos lost 56-34 to the Green Mountain Rams on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Lobos in their matchups with the Rams: they've now lost five in a row.
Several Lobos players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Benson White, who threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 70 yards. Mason Murphy was White's top target, picking up 119 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Green Mountain had a senior duo take command as Simon Lunsford threw for 340 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt and Demetreus Padilla gained 184 total yards and two touchdowns. Those 340 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Lunsford. Dax Gomez did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 88 receiving yards.
Conifer's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3. As for Green Mountain, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Conifer will stay at home for another week and welcome Evergreen at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Conifer is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.6 points per game this season. As for Green Mountain, they will face off against Skyview at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Green Mountain has four straight victories, Skyview has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
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