On Thursday, Round Mountain faced Beatty in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Round Mountain Knights took a 34-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Beatty Hornets. That makes it the first time this season the Knights have let down their home crowd.
Despite the loss, Round Mountain still got an impressive performance from Blake Bullington, who rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Bullington also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making seven total tackles and defending a pass. Another player making a difference was Jordan Penson, who picked up 49 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Round Mountain wouldn't let Beatty keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Round Mountain can thank Mikey Giraud and Jace Young for forcing all of them.
Round Mountain's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-4. As for Beatty, the win also got them back to even at 4-4.
Round Mountain does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Beatty, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Spring Mountain at 7:00 p.m.
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