Football Preview: Rocky Mountain Grizzlies vs. Meridian Warriors
The Rocky Mountain Grizzlies are taking a road trip to take on the Meridian Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rocky Mountain has five straight victories, Meridian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Rocky Mountain beats Meridian with 56 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Rocky Mountain breezed by Centennial at home to the tune of 56-10 on Friday. Fans of the Grizzlies have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
It was another big night for Taeshaun Reese, who rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaelan Custer, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rocky Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Rocky Mountain's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Trey Jacobsen.
Meanwhile, Meridian fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Middleton on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 31-30 to the Vikings.
Rocky Mountain pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Meridian, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Rocky Mountain came up short against Meridian in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 28-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Meridian's Zeke Martinez, who rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 116 yards and a touchdown. Now that Rocky Mountain 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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