Ironwood Ridge is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Kellis is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks will welcome the Kellis Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ironwood Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.1 points per game this season.
Ironwood Ridge is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Mountain View just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 34-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mountain Lions.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Jaiden Martinez, who rushed for 117 yards, and also threw for 176 yards and a touchdown. Grant Dooling was another key receiver, gaining 100 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Kellis was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Cibola 56-14. Considering the Cougars have won eight contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sean Oser was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 182 yards while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 81 yards and three touchdowns. Those 182 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cayden Walker, who picked up 46 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Kellis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 185 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Kellis wouldn't let Cibola keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Kellis can thank Tristan Bacon and Tiyari Yarbrough for forcing all of them.
Ironwood Ridge's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-2. As for Kellis, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Friday's game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Martinez and Ronald Coty Iii. Martinez just won't slow down this season and has thrown 21 touchdowns while averaging 186.4 passing yards per game. Coty Iii has been a dominant force too and has thrown 20 touchdowns while averaging 117.6 passing yards per game.
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