Two dominant backs in Feleti Iongi and Xander Stokes are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Orem Tigers are on the road again on Friday to play the Sky View Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. Orem's defense has only allowed 15 points per game this season, so Sky View's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Orem's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Wasatch on the road to the tune of 37-0. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Wasps are ranked 52nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Iongi was his usual excellent self, rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, while also picking up 99 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Sky View had just enough and edged Mountain Crest out 31-28 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bobcats.
Sky View relied on the efforts of Stokes, who rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns, and Liam Guthrie, who picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Stokes a new career-high in rushing yards.
Orem's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Sky View, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Orem has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 314 passing yards per game. Sky View, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 154.2 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Orem strolled past Sky View when the teams last played back in November of 2017 by a score of 28-12. Will Orem repeat their success, or does Sky View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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