Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shadow Mountain). They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 62-6 win over the Coronado Dons. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-6.
Shadow Mountain can attribute much of their success to Robert Caldwell, who threw for 196 yards and a touchdown on only 18 passes. Jaiden Hill was in the mix too, providing Shadow Mountain with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Shadow Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 61.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 175.
Shadow Mountain wouldn't let Coronado keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Hill, Cooper Morris, Jeremy Walker, and Michael Collins picked up one apiece.
The victory made it two in a row for Shadow Mountain and bumps their season record up to 2-4. As for Coronado, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6.
Shadow Mountain will head out to challenge Valley Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Shadow Mountain will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. After each having a week off, Coronado and Scottsdale Preparatory Academy will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Scottsdale Preparatory Academy's defense has only allowed 11.6 points per game this season, so Coronado's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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