The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will challenge the Queen Creek Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Ridge is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 45-6, which was the final score in Mountain Ridge's tilt against Casteel on Friday. The Mountain Lions were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 38-0.
Meanwhile, while Queen Creek put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Canyon View. Queen Creek was the clear victor by a 22-0 margin over Canyon View. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Bulldogs just coasted through the last quarter.
It was another big night for Tait Reynolds, who threw for 140 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Queen Creek's defense and their seven sacks. Nick Harper was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven. Queen Creek got some further help from Jayshon Liles: he picked up 1.5 sacks, made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss), and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Queen Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Canyon View only rushed for 12.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Queen Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Mountain Ridge might still be hurting after the 36-14 defeat they got from Queen Creek when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Reynolds, who threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Mountain Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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