Mesa Ridge is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Montrose is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mesa Ridge Grizzlies will host the Montrose Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Mesa Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.6 points per game this season.
Mesa Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Pueblo West, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Mesa Ridge was ranked 17th). Mesa Ridge fell just short of Pueblo West by a score of 31-28 on Friday. The Grizzlies' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Bryce Riehl and Gavin Ray Lockett. Ray Lockett had a great game and rushed for 206 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Riehl was balling out in the loss, throwing for 211 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 36 yards.
Meanwhile, Montrose won against Falcon last Friday with 56 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Montrose breezed by Doherty at home to the tune of 56-27. Fans of the Red Hawks have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Mesa Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Montrose, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Mesa Ridge was dealt a bruising 43-12 loss at the hands of Montrose when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mesa Ridge was down 29-6.
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