Ridgeline is on a 13-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Stansbury is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Ridgeline Riverhawks will welcome the Stansbury Stallions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Ridgeline is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They beat Hurricane by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 45-7. Considering the Riverhawks have won eight matches by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Nate Dahle and Dylyn Gabriel. Dahle had a great game and threw for 196 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Gabriel did his best for the losing side, rushing for 80 yards, while also throwing for 71 yards and a touchdown.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Ridgeline's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Krew Jones and Charlie Booth, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Jones is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last five games he's played.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Stansbury beat Desert Hills 33-27 on Friday.
Coleman Dearden continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Stansbury is undefeated when Dearden posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise. Tyson Ferry was another key player, rushing for 121 yards and a touchdown.
Stansbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 248 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Stansbury didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Xaviah Patch and Gabe Binkley.
Stansbury is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.3 points per game. As for Ridgeline, their record now sits at 11-0.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Ridgeline has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 266.5 passing yards per game. Stansbury, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 207.9 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Ridgeline was able to grind out a solid win over Stansbury in their previous matchup back in August, winning 28-20. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ferry, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Ridgeline still be able to contain Ferry? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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