Desert Hills won the last time they faced Snow Canyon, and things went their way on Friday too. The Desert Hills Thunder were the clear victor by a 27-7 margin over the Snow Canyon Warriors. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Thunder have posted against the Warriors since September 7, 2018.
Gerritt Grondel was a one-man wrecking crew for Desert Hills as he threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown. Isaac Andresen was Grondel's top target, rushing for 121 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Desert Hills' defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Broc Mooy and Isaac Borgeson, who racked up six sacks between them. With that strong performance, Mooy is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game. Desert Hills got some further help from Beau Meredith: he picked up a sack, made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Desert Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Desert Hills now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Snow Canyon, they dropped their record down to 2-6 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Desert Hills will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Hurricane at 7:00 p.m. Desert Hills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.8 points per game this season. As for Snow Canyon, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Dixie, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m.
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