Football Preview: Reed Raiders vs. Bishop Manogue Miners
Two dominant signal callers in Nishaan Bajwa and Brandon Mann are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Reed Raiders will face off against the Bishop Manogue Miners on Friday. Reed knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past eight matches -- so hopefully Bishop Manogue likes a good challenge.
Reed is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Spanish Springs with a 31-27 win. 31 seems to be a good number for the Raiders as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Reed got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Daxon Dayton out in front who threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes. Ezekiel Mckay also helped out with an impressive 90 receiving yards.
Reed's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was Raymond Maveni with two sacks. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last three games he's played. Reed got some further help from Xavier Pineda: he made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Bishop Manogue faced Reno in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Bishop Manogue really took it to Reno for the full four quarters, racking up a 62-28 victory. The result was nothing new for the Miners, who have now won five games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Mann and Nathan Shannon were among the main playmakers for Bishop Manogue as the former threw for 160 yards and five touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes and the latter rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Shannon a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Dulin Hukari, who picked up 71 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Bishop Manogue was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 344 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Bishop Manogue's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26.3 points. As for Reed, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Reed has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 203.2 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Bishop Manogue struggles in that department as they've been averaging 192.1. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Reed came up short against Bishop Manogue in their previous meeting back in October, falling 42-35. Can Reed avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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