Football Preview: Corner Canyon Chargers vs. Mountain Ridge Sentinels
The Corner Canyon Chargers will venture away from home to challenge the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Corner Canyon will be strutting in after a win while Mountain Ridge will be coming in after a loss.
Corner Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Skyridge, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Corner Canyon was ranked first). Corner Canyon came out on top against Skyridge by a score of 38-28 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Chargers.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Helamen Casuga and his top target Chryshaun Lee. Casuga threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns while Lee picked up 161 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The bulk of thosereceiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 87 yards. Corner Canyon also got a significant boost from Weston Briggs, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a hard 17-3 fall against Farmington. The game marked the Sentinels' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Corner Canyon's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Mountain Ridge, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Corner Canyon against Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 56-14 victory. In that matchup, Corner Canyon amassed a halftime lead of 49-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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