Football Preview: Bingham Miners vs. Mountain Ridge Sentinels
Bingham has gone 3-0 against Mountain Ridge recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Bingham Miners will take on the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 7:00 p.m.
Bingham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Corner Canyon, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Bingham was ranked 12th). Bingham lost to Corner Canyon at home by a 37-21 margin on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Miners in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Despite their defeat, Bingham saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Teki Finau, who rushed for 92 yards on only eight carries, was perhaps the best of all. Finau's longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Filisi Filipe was in the mix as well, providing Bingham with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Silverwolves by a score of 24-11.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mountain Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Wyatt Bingham, who threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 41 yards.
Mountain Ridge's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. Jaxon Brown was especially locked on to Riverton's QB and sacked him three times. Brown also set a new season high mark in sacks with three. Mountain Ridge got some further help from Cole Branan: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Mountain Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Bingham now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Mountain Ridge, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Bingham has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 161.8 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Mountain Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 154.9. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Bingham was able to grind out a solid win over Mountain Ridge in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 37-27. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bingham since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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