It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Northridge can now relate to. They fell just short of the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles by a score of 24-21 on Friday. The Knights gained 135 more yards on the day, but it was the Golden Eagles that made the best use of them.
Northridge lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Tre Nye, who threw for 264 yards and a touchdown while completing 89.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown. Those 50 rushing yards gave Nye a new career-high. Jaxon Fresques was Nye's top target, picking up 135 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The critical scores for Maple Mountain came from Eli Mauga, Max Stonebraker, and Mason Jensen.
Northridge's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Maple Mountain, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2.
Northridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Maple Mountain, they are taking a road trip to challenge Bountiful at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Bountiful's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last seven games.
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