Roy is 3-0 against Bountiful since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Roy Royals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bountiful RedHawks at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Roy comes in on eight and Bountiful on four.
If Bountiful heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Roy took over last week. Roy took down Viewmont 42-28 on Friday.
Robert Young continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 94 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries, while also picking up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Roy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kahekili Eleneke and Rhett Slater. Eleneke also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Roy got some further help from Logan Cella: he made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bountiful). They breezed by Box Elder at home to the tune of 50-21 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the RedHawks, who have now won three games by 28 points or more so far this season.
Roy pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bountiful, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Roy was able to grind out a solid victory over Bountiful in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 26-14. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bountiful's Siaki Fekitoa, who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Roy still be able to contain Fekitoa? There's only one way to find out.
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