After flying high against Highland last Friday, Alta came back down to earth. The Alta Hawks lost 30-10 to the Olympus Titans on Friday. The Hawks were red-hot offensively headed into the game (they scored no less than 31 points in the three matches prior) but the Titans' defense proved too tough.
Alta lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Tucker Brown, who threw for 276 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. 104 of those passing yards were hauled in by Matt Mckea.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Olympus to victory, but perhaps none more so than Max Rice, who threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns. Nate Heugly helped Rice out on the ground, rushing for 56 yards and two touchdowns.
Alta has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season. As for Olympus, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-3.
Alta didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 19-10 defeat against Brighton on the 4th. As for Olympus, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Highland at 7:00 p.m. on October 10th.
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