The Durango Trailblazers will take on the Sunrise Mountain Miners at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Durango has five straight wins, Sunrise Mountain has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Durango beat Clark 27-21.
The critical scores for Durango came from Nysear Smith, Adam Zaidi, and Reilley Stringer.
Durango's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Smith, Tristan Sontag, Zaidi, and Marc Nikenson picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Sunrise Mountain's offense. They took a blow against Mojave on Friday, falling 30-0. The shutout was out of character for the Miners seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Durango pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Sunrise Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Durango strolled past Sunrise Mountain in their previous meeting back in September of 2019 by a score of 31-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Durango since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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