Shadow Ridge is 0-10 against Centennial since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will take on the Centennial Bulldogs at TBD. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Shadow Ridge sitting on eight straight wins and Centennial on five.
With a playoff game on the line, Shadow Ridge rose to the challenge on Thursday. They skirted past the Patriots 49-46. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory Shadow Ridge has posted since December 21, 2023.
Shadow Ridge's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Zh'mya Martin, who scored 18 points. Jaslyn Jefferson was another key contributor, scoring 15 points.
Meanwhile, Centennial put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 69-37 victory over Faith Lutheran. Centennial pushed the score to 61-26 by the end of the third, a deficit Faith Lutheran cut but never quite recovered from.
Shadow Ridge pushed their record up to 17-6 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for Centennial, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Shadow Ridge was dealt a bruising 73-30 defeat at the hands of Centennial in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Shadow Ridge was down 47-17.
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