Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Green Mountain). They blew past the Wheat Ridge Farmers 49-17 at home on Friday. With that victory, the Rams brought their scoring average up to 28.8 points per game.
Green Mountain had a senior duo take command as Simon Lunsford threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns while completing 92.9% of his passes and Demarco Villalovas rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Lunsford's posted a season-high passer rating of 171.1. The team also got some help courtesy of Demetreus Padilla, who gained 53 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Green Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 71.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 235.7.
Green Mountain's defense made their presence known, laying out Isaac Mccune. five times. Wheat Ridge's QB won't forget Corbin Wade anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Dominic Hidrogo was another major factor on D, picking up 0.5 sacks, making 11 total tackles, and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Despite the loss, Wheat Ridge still got an impressive performance from Mccune, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 290 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Mccune got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 78 yards. Bennett Wilkes was Mccune's top target, picking up 150 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win got Green Mountain back to even at 3-3. As for Wheat Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Green Mountain has already played their next matchup, a 7-0 victory against Summit on the 18th. As for Wheat Ridge, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 48-26 loss against Conifer on the 17th.
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