Woods Cross entered their game against Bonneville on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Woods Cross Wildcats fell just short of the Bonneville Lakers by a score of 32-29. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by exactly three points.
When it comes to explaining why Woods Cross lost, don't look at Viliami Tapa?Atoutai. Despite the final result, he rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Tapa?Atoutai has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jesse Simmons, who rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns.
Simmons wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Woods Cross was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bonneville only rushed for 56.
Bonneville had a senior duo take command as Isaac Mansaray picked up 170 receiving yards and a touchdown and Cole Lueders threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Mansaray is now averaging an impressive 116 receiving yards per game. Tyler Cole was another key player, picking up 39 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Woods Cross and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Bonneville, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-3.
Woods Cross will head out to take on Clearfield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Bonneville, they will be playing at home against Bountiful at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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