Football Recap: Mountain Vista Golden Eagles vs. Rock Canyon Jaguars
A well-balanced attack led Mountain Vista over Rock Canyon in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles blew the Rock Canyon Jaguars out of the water with a 70-10 final score. Fans of the Golden Eagles have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Mountain Vista was led to victory by Austyn Modrzewski and Jack Blais. Modrzewski threw for 297 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 93.8% of his passes, while Blais gained 207 total yards and three touchdowns. Blais' longest reception was for an incredible 72 yards. Brooklyn Bailey did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 46 receiving yards.
Mountain Vista wouldn't let Rock Canyon keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mountain Vista can thank Carter Daniels and Quillan Gulick for forcing both of them. Daniels is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season. Fabian Abagulum was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Mountain Vista pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Rock Canyon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-5.
Mountain Vista will challenge Castle View at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Castle View is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.1 points per game this season. As for Rock Canyon, they will host Valor Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Valor Christian will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Rock Canyon surely won't give up without a fight.
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