Mountain Ridge entered their tilt with Riverton on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 24-11 victory over the Riverton Silverwolves. That's more bragging rights for the Sentinels, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Mountain Ridge's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Wyatt Bingham, who threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 41 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Mountain Ridge's defense and their six sacks. Jaxon Brown was especially locked on to Riverton's QB and sacked him three times. Brown also set a new season high mark in sacks with three. Another thorn in Riverton's side was Cole Branan, who picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Mountain Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Despite the loss, Riverton still got an impressive performance from Andrew Neilson, who threw for 144 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 30 yards.
Mountain Ridge now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Riverton, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.
Mountain Ridge will face off against Bingham at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Riverton, they will challenge Copper Hills at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Riverton is facing Copper Hills at the right time seeing as Copper Hills is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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