Two dominant signal callers in Simon Lopez and Tait Reynolds are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will head out on the road to take on the Queen Creek Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Red Mountain sitting on seven straight wins and Queen Creek on four.
Red Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: ALA - Queen Creek, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Red Mountain was ranked third). Red Mountain came out on top in a nail-biter against ALA - Queen Creek on Friday, sneaking past 16-14. The 16-point effort marked the Mountain Lions' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Lopez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 85 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also throwing for 235 yards and a touchdown. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
Meanwhile, in Friday's Canine Competition, Queen Creek prevailed. They came out on top against Centennial by a score of 31-21 on Friday.
Reynolds was his usual excellent self, rushing for 105 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also throwing for 150 yards and two touchdowns. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Crew Leavitt, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Queen Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Myles Sargent and Darien Kattner. Kattner is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season. Jayshon Liles was another major factor on D, making 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defending a pass.
Queen Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Centennial only rushed for 96.
Red Mountain pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Queen Creek, their record now sits at 6-1.
Red Mountain suffered a grim 45-21 defeat to Queen Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Reynolds, who rushed for 65 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. Now that Red Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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