The Ridgeline Riverhawks will venture away from home to take on the Mountain Crest Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ridgeline is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Ridgeline is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Sky View: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Ridgeline blew Sky View out of the water with a 56-13 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-7.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ridgeline to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jt White, who rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also picked up 53 receiving yards. Another passer making a difference was Nate Dahle, who threw for 351 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 15.3 yards per attempt.
Ridgeline's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. The heavy lifting was done by Cooper Clark and Krew Jones, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Mountain Crest had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They secured a 20-15 W over the Grizzlies.
Ridgeline pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Mountain Crest, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Ridgeline didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Mountain Crest in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 34-28 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Mountain Crest's Casey Crofts, who threw for 284 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Ridgeline to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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