The Creekview Mustangs will take on the West Mesquite Wranglers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are still undefeated (Creekview has eight wins , while West Mesquite has seven).
Creekview's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Adams 45-0 at home. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 26 points or more this season.
Creekview got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Dre Richardson out in front who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Calvin Shelton, who picked up 48 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Creekview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Adams only rushed for 37.
Meanwhile, West Mesquite's rock-solid defense showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout last Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Adams 48-0 on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Wranglers just coasted through the last quarter.
Creekview pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for West Mesquite, their record now sits at 7-0.
Creekview ended up a good deal behind West Mesquite when the teams last played back in November of 2014, losing 34-20. Thankfully for Creekview, Chason Virgil (who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 185 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes) 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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