Skyridge has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the American Fork Cavemen at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Skyridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Pleasant Grove 49-7 on the road on Thursday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Kaneal Sweetwyne was his usual excellent self, throwing for 254 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 34 yards.
Skyridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Easton Simmons and Briggs Parker.
Meanwhile, American Fork made easy work of Westlake on Thursday and carried off a 34-14 win. The Cavemen pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Thunder cut but never quite recovered from.
American Fork got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Cade Wilkinson out in front who picked up 129 receiving yards and a touchdown. Wilkinson was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 57 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of David Gaisford Jr., who threw for 154 yards and two touchdowns.
Skyridge pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for American Fork, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-5.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Skyridge has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 173.9 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, American Fork has preferred to attack from the air: they average 280.4 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Wednesday? There's only one way to find out.
Skyridge beat American Fork 34-21 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Does Skyridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will American Fork turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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