Bear River is 1-9 against Mountain Crest since August of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bear River Bears will venture away from home to challenge the Mountain Crest Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Bear River focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Bear River is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They took a 21-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Box Elder.
Bear River wouldn't let Box Elder keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Bear River can thank Daxston Bingham and Gunner Christensen for forcing both of them. Christensen's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making six total tackles (1.0 for loss). Bear River got some further help from Brecken Haynes: he picked up 2.5 sacks and made 14 total tackles (6.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Mountain Crest ended up a good deal behind East on Friday and lost 42-23. The loss was the Mustangs' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Mountain Crest had strong showings from Brayden Larsen, who threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns, and Kai Passey, who picked up 95 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Mountain Crest also got a significant boost from Preston Arambel, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 89 yards.
Bear River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Mountain Crest, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Bear River came up short against Mountain Crest when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 38-27. Can Bear River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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