On Friday, Red Mountain faced Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Red Mountain Mountain Lions fell to the Queen Creek Bulldogs 28-23. The Mountain Lions' loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Red Mountain still got an impressive performance from Simon Lopez, who threw for 184 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown.
Tait Reynolds continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Queen Creek, rushing for 128 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 224 yards and a touchdown. Reynolds really tore up the turf during one magnificent 72-yard run.
Having lost for the first time this season, Red Mountain fell to 7-1. As for Queen Creek, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.
Red Mountain will challenge Hamilton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hamilton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.1 points per game this season. As for Queen Creek, they will square off against Highland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Queen Creek's defense has only allowed 14.6 points per game this season, so Highland's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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