Two dominant signal callers in Helaman Casuga and Maverick Bowles are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Corner Canyon Chargers will host the Copper Hills Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Corner Canyon will be looking to keep their 11-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, Corner Canyon humbled Riverton with a 49-20 victory. The result was nothing new for the Chargers, who have now won three matches by 28 points or more so far this season.
Weston Briggs went supernova for Corner Canyon, rushing for 151 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Briggs a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Bronson Evans, who threw for 206 yards and a touchdown while completing 82.4% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Corner Canyon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 293 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 63-21, which was the final score in Copper Hills' tilt against Mountain Ridge on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Grizzlies in their matchups with the Sentinels: they've now lost four in a row.
Despite the defeat, Copper Hills had strong showings from Bowles, who threw for 141 yards and three touchdowns, and Logan Batt, who picked up 82 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Copper Hills is 3-1 when Batt posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
Corner Canyon's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Copper Hills, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
We should be in store for an exciting game as both have no problem gaining yardage. Corner Canyon has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 477 total yards per game. However, it's not like Copper Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 360.6. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Everything came up roses for Corner Canyon against Copper Hills in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 49-7 win. Does Corner Canyon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Copper Hills turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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