The Reagan Raiders and the Mount Tabor Spartans are set to duel on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Reagan is headed into the game having just posted their biggest win since October 27, 2023 on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Parkland a 31-0 shutout. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Mustangs are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Aar?n Guti?rrez and he. Guti?rrez rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries while he rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Those 99 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Reagan didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Antonio Kelly Jr. and Jordan Hinson. King Kalama was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Mount Tabor on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Glenn out of the water with a 51-6 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-6.
Zion Thompson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 99 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, while also picking up 72 receiving yards and a touchdown. Another big playmaker for Mount Tabor was Snook Peterkin, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Reagan is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Mount Tabor, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Reagan was dealt a bruising 41-14 defeat at the hands of Mount Tabor when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mount Tabor's Lane Albright, who threw for 112 yards and four touchdowns on only six passes, and also rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown. Now that Reagan 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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