With a playoff game on the line, Fairview rose to the challenge on Friday. They snuck past the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles with a 49-45 win. The victory was just business as usual for the Knights, who after 12 games remain undefeated this season.
Jordan Rechel was his usual excellent self, rushing for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 147 receiving yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 82 yards. Another player making a difference was Ki Ellison, who threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns.
Loss or not, Mountain Vista got some senior leadership from Austyn Modrzewski and Jack Blais. Modrzewski threw for 303 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.5% of his passes, while Blais gained 202 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Modrzewski a new career-high in rushing yards (63). Elam Parises did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 29 receiving yards.
Fairview pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29.4 points. As for Mountain Vista, with the defeat, they broke their 11-game winning streak and moved their record to 11-1.
Fairview will venture away from home to square off against Legend at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Legend: 6.1, Fairview: 14.9) so any points scored will be well earned. Mountain Vista does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
