The Wellington Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Wellington took their match at home with ease, bagging a 48-6 win over Fort Lupton. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-0.
Wellington can attribute much of their success to Tanner Gray, who threw for 205 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes, and Cash Altschwager, who gained 169 total yards and three touchdowns. Altschwager torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 91 yards. Cyle Kisner was in the mix as well, providing Wellington with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wellington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fort Lupton only rushed for 32.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wellington's defense and their five sacks. Gray was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Mountain View's strategy against Mountain Range on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mountain View blew Mountain Range out of the water with a 45-3 final score. The Mountain Lions pushed the score to 39-3 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs had no chance of recovering from.
Keegan Amans had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 65 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Tyson Mares-Benz, who picked up 64 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Wellington's victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Mountain View, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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