The Sunrise Mountain Miners will take on the Durango Trailblazers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Sunrise Mountain has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Durango will arrive with five straight victories.
Sunrise Mountain's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Mojave on Friday. They took a blow against the Rattlers, falling 30-0. Considering the last time the Miners couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, Durango didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Clark on Friday, but they still walked away with a 27-21 win.
The critical scores for Durango came from Nysear Smith, Adam Zaidi, and Reilley Stringer.
Durango's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Smith, Tristan Sontag, Zaidi, and Marc Nikenson picked up one apiece.
Sunrise Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Durango, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Sunrise Mountain lost to Durango at home by a decisive 31-14 margin in their previous matchup back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Sunrise Mountain, Ryan Cabase (who rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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