Blue Ridge and Show Low are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Show Low Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Blue Ridge will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Blue Ridge is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Payson just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 30-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Longhorns. The match marked the Yellow Jackets' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Show Low got themselves on the board against Monument Valley on Friday, but Monument Valley never followed suit. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Mustangs 38-0 at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Show Low can attribute much of their success to Alexander Anderson, who rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and Perkins Kash, who rushed for 18 yards and two touchdowns. Those 118 rushing yards gave Anderson a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Show Low was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Show Low wouldn't let Monument Valley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Show Low can thank Talen Slone and Lincoln Cooley for forcing both of them.
Having lost for the first time this season, Blue Ridge fell to 7-1. As for Show Low, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-5.
Everything came up roses for Blue Ridge against Show Low in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 30-0 victory. Does Blue Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Show Low turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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