Football Preview: Lone Peak Knights vs. Skyridge Falcons
The Lone Peak Knights will square off against the Skyridge Falcons at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Lone Peak sitting on four straight victories and Skyridge on seven.
Lone Peak is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Fremont as Lone Peak made off with a 56-36 win. The Knights' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Sean Tahi and Ike Staley were among the main playmakers for Lone Peak as the former rushed for 92 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries and the latter gained 131 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Staley a new career-high in rushing yards (32).
Lone Peak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 201 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fremont only rushed for 103.
Lone Peak didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Toa Tanuvasa and Wes Valgardson. Tanuvasa 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.
Meanwhile, Skyridge faced Davis in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Skyridge enjoyed a cozy 49-32 victory over Davis.
Lone Peak has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 21.2 points. As for Skyridge, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
Lone Peak came up short against Skyridge when the teams last played back in October, falling 21-16. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Skyridge's Zaeden Selu, who rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Now that Lone Peak knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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