Provo has gone 4-0 against Mountain View recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Provo Bulldogs will host the Mountain View Bruins at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Provo has six straight wins, Mountain View has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Provo is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on the road on Thursday with ease, bagging a 63-27 victory over Uintah. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 27 points or more this season.
A big part of Provo's win came down to the chemistry between Gehrig Orchard and his top target Griffin Demartini. Orchard threw for 266 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt while Demartini picked up 140 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Orchard a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Provo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Provo's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Demartini was the leader with three.
Meanwhile, while it was Mountain View who put the first points on the board on Thursday, it was Jordan who put up more. Mountain View fell to Jordan 10-6. While the Bruins didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Beetdiggers 6-0 in the first quarter.
Despite the defeat, Mountain View got top-tier performance from Dexton Havea, who rushed for 234 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.2 yards per carry. Havea really tore up the turf during one magnificent 78-yard run.
Provo's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything came up roses for Provo against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 42-14 win. Does Provo have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain View turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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