The Incline Highlanders will venture away from home to take on the Battle Mountain Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Incline's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by West Wendover at home to the tune of 61-0. The Highlanders' win was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Incline got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Tommy Williams out in front who rushed for 27 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 96 yards and a touchdown on only nine passes. Aidan Midgley was another key rusher, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Incline's defense and their four sacks. Alex Finne was especially locked on to West Wendover's QB and sacked him twice. Finne is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Incline was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Battle Mountain was fully in charge on Thursday, breezing past North Tahoe 42-7 at home. The Longhorns might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 35 points or more this season.
Incline's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Battle Mountain, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Incline didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Battle Mountain in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 21-16 victory. Does Incline have another victory up their sleeve, or will Battle Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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