While it was Sunrise Mountain who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Desert Edge who put up more. The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs lost 42-17 to the Desert Edge Scorpions. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Scorpions are ranked 29th).
Despite the defeat, Sunrise Mountain had strong showings from Nicholas Bombaci, who rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown, and Elijah Mendez, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown. Those 100 rushing yards gave Mendez a new career-high.
Sunrise Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dietrich Ockenfels and Jesse Kirby.
This is the second loss in a row for Sunrise Mountain and nudges their season record down to 2-5. As for Desert Edge, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Sunrise Mountain didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 53-0 loss against Cactus on the 25th. As for Desert Edge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 28-5 win against Canyon View on the 25th.
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