The Redmond Mustangs will challenge the Mt. Rainier Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Redmond will be strutting in after a win while Mt. Rainier will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with eight losses in a row, Redmond finally turned things around against Sammamish on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 34-19 victory over the RedHawks. The Mustangs pushed the score to 34-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the RedHawks cut but never quite recovered from.
Redmond got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Brayden Bartoletti out in front who picked up 36 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. The dominant performance also gave Bartoletti a new career-high in rushing yards (29). Bronson Arzillo was another key player, rushing for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
Redmond was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mt. Rainier was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a blow against Kennedy Catholic, falling 62-11. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Lancers are ranked 17th).
Mt. Rainier's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Redmond, their victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-8.
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