Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shadow Mountain). They breezed past the Wickenburg Wranglers to the tune of 41-0 on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Matadors considering their 12-point performance the matchup before.

Isaac Ungor
| 10/16/25 vs Wickenburg | 183 |
| 09/12/25 vs San Tan Foothills | 138 |
| 10/18/24 @ Kofa | 83 |
| 10/25/24 vs Scottsdale Preparatory Academy | 74 |
| 09/27/24 @ Madison Highland Prep | 62 |
A big part of Shadow Mountain's win came down to the chemistry between Kevin Howerton and his top target Isaac Ungor. Howerton threw for 212 yards and six TDs while Ungor picked up 183 receiving yards and four scores. Those 183 receiving yards gave Ungor a new career-high.
Shadow Mountain's run defense was locked in: Wickenburg could only muster -1.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Stephen Ramella for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Shadow Mountain; they were averaging 4.8yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've fallen to only 2.7 per game.
Shadow Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ungor and Michael Collins. Ungor also hauled in four receiving touchdowns, which is notable because Shadow Mountain is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 1-5 otherwise. The Matadors got some further help from Ramella: he picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The victory snapped Shadow Mountain's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-5 record. As for Wickenburg, they are on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Shadow Mountain wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, a 43-3 loss against Show Low on the 24th. As for Wickenburg, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 62-7 defeat against Kingman on the 24th.
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