The Boulder Creek Jaguars have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Boulder Creek: 15, Mountain Ridge: 8) so any points scored will be well earned.
Boulder Creek is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Casteel on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Boulder Creek lost 24-3 to Casteel. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Colts are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap two weeks ago as they fell 23-17 to Millennium.
Despite the defeat, Mountain Ridge saw an underclassman step up: Emma Langer picked up 101 receiving yards and a touchdown. Mountain Ridge is undefeated when Langer posts 80 or more receiving yards, but 1-3 otherwise. Mountain Ridge also got a significant boost from Cameron Mailloux, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 120 yards.
Boulder Creek's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Mountain Ridge, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-3 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Boulder Creek, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 16-0 loss to Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Boulder Creek, Madison Green (who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 123 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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