The Mountain Ridge Sentinels are taking a road trip to face off against the Davis Darts at 7:00 p.m. 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.
Mountain Ridge is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Dixie: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mountain Ridge blew Dixie out of the water with a 58-0 final score. The Sentinels pushed the score to 44-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Flyers had no chance of recovering from.
Wyatt Bingham had an outrageously good game as he threw for 188 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 58 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
Bingham wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Mountain Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Another reason for the win was Mountain Ridge's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 4.5 sacks. In that department, Kendal Wall was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Davis, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They claimed a resounding 56-15 win over Copper Hills at home. With the Darts ahead 49-8 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Tradon Bessinger was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 348 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 85% of his passes. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 4.5 passing touchdowns per game. Tyson Baggett was Bessinger's top target, picking up 118 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
The victory made it two in a row for Mountain Ridge and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Davis, they pushed their record up to 1-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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