The Williams Vikings will challenge the Mogollon Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Williams will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Joseph City on Friday. Williams blew past Joseph City 58-6 on the road.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Williams to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mario Pedraza, who rushed for 163 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Pedraza a new career-high in rushing yards. Jacob Winchester was another key rusher, rushing for 161 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, Mogollon faced El Capitan in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. Mogollon put the hurt on El Capitan with a sharp 50-24 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Mustangs sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Mogollon got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Brody Porter out in front who rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns. Porter is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Quinn Tenney, who rushed for 19 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mogollon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Mogollon didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Yovanni Suarez picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Williams now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Mogollon, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Williams was taken down by Mogollon 64-12 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Williams was down 44-6.
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