The Red Mountain Mountain Lions will challenge the Queen Creek Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Red Mountain's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Queen Creek has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Red Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Highland, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Red Mountain was ranked eighth). The Mountain Lions came out on top against the Hawks by a score of 24-17 on Thursday.
Among those leading the charge was Dominic Carmigiano, who threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Red Mountain proved: they limited Highland to a paltry 1.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Jameson Wade for the heroic effort on defense: he. Red Mountain's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.1.
Red Mountain's defense didn't let Paiden Cash Dalhaug, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Leonidas To'oto'o refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Queen Creek's offense. They took a blow against Casteel on Friday, falling 27-0. Having soared to a lofty 33 points in the game before, the Bulldogs' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Queen Creek's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Red Mountain, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Red Mountain came up short against Queen Creek when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 28-23. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Bulldogs' Tait Reynolds, who rushed for 128 yards and three scores on only 15 carries, and also threw for 224 yards and one TD. Now that the Mountain Lions know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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