Two dominant signal callers in Simon Lopez and Brady Goodman are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will venture away from home to face off against the Mountain View Toros at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Red Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Hamilton, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Red Mountain was ranked fourth). Red Mountain fell just short of Hamilton by a score of 30-28 on Friday. The Mountain Lions have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second loss in a row.
Meanwhile, Mountain View waltzed into their match on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They blew past the Champions 50-0. The Toros might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by 22 points or more this season.
Goodman was his usual excellent self, throwing for 254 yards and four touchdowns while completing 94.1% of his passes, and also rushing for 35 yards and two touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last eight games he's played. Another player making a difference was Mikey Sumko, who picked up 114 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mountain View's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.0 points per game. As for Red Mountain, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.
Red Mountain didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Mountain View in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 20-14 win. Does Red Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain View turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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