The Mountain Crest Mustangs will square off against the Ridgeline Riverhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mountain Crest comes in on three and Ridgeline on eight.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Mountain Crest beat Logan 20-15.
Meanwhile, Ridgeline hadn't done well against Sky View recently (they were 1-7 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Ridgeline took their match at home with ease, bagging a 56-13 victory over Sky View. The result was nothing new for the Riverhawks, who have now won five matchups by 34 points or more so far this season.
Ridgeline got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jt White out in front who rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also picked up 53 receiving yards. Another passer making a difference was Nate Dahle, who threw for 351 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 15.3 yards per attempt.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Ridgeline's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cooper Clark and Krew Jones, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them.
Mountain Crest is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Ridgeline, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Mountain Crest came up short against Ridgeline in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 34-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ridgeline's Jackson Lindsay, who rushed for 218 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Mountain Crest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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