The Spanish Springs Cougars will challenge the Reed Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Reed is hoping to do what McQueen couldn't on Friday: put an end to Spanish Springs' winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Spanish Springs' way against McQueen as Spanish Springs made off with a 33-13 win. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won four matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Tyson Mcneil looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 277 yards on 17 of 30 attempts, while also rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (103 yards to be exact) went to Hunter Selby.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Spanish Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 75.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 216.
Spanish Springs didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Brady Hummel, Ivan Magana-Mariano, and Jj Stewart picked up one apiece. Hummel also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 133. Spanish Springs got some further help from Kyler Depaepe: he made 21 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Reed faced Douglas in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Reed took down Douglas 35-16.
Nishaan Bajwa continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 220 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 34 yards and a touchdown.
Reed's defense stepped up as well, laying out Jackson Ovard. three times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Raymond Maveni.
Spanish Springs' victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Reed, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Spanish Springs strolled past Reed in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 by a score of 21-3. Does Spanish Springs have another victory up their sleeve, or will Reed turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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