The Maple Mountain Golden Eagles will square off against the Northridge Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Maple Mountain will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Maple Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Timpview, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Maple Mountain was ranked 14th). Maple Mountain took a blow against Timpview on October 10th, falling 35-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Golden Eagles were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Northridge had no problem doing just that on Friday. They took down the Wolverines 35-21.
Tre Nye was his usual excellent self, rushing for 33 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 188 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. Andrew Ortiz was another key player, rushing for 101 yards.
Maple Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 7-2. As for Northridge, their victory bumped their record up to 7-4.
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