The Quartz Hill Royals will head out to square off against the Shadow Ridge Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Shadow Ridge took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Quartz Hill, who comes in off a win.
Quartz Hill is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Burroughs: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Quartz Hill blew Burroughs out of the water with a 51-7 final score. Given the Royals' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 198th, while the Burros are ranked 630th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Quartz Hill's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jaden Graham led the charge by rushing for 92 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 50 receiving yards. Another signal caller making a difference was Brody Larey, who threw for 161 yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Quartz Hill was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 427 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge came up short against Coeur d'Alene on Friday, falling 31-7. The Mustangs were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Shadow Ridge's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Ula Cox, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown, and Isaiah Ruiz, who rushed for 39 yards. Cox got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible80 yards.
The win made it two in a row for Quartz Hill and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Shadow Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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