The Bountiful RedHawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Bountiful will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Bountiful is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Alta 42-14. The RedHawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 28 points or more this season.
Bountiful relied on the efforts of Emerson Geilman, who rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Siaki Fekitoa, who rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Geilman's longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards.
Bountiful was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Maple Mountain posted their closest victory since August 18, 2023 on Friday. They had just enough and edged Northridge out 24-21.
The critical scores for Maple Mountain came from Eli Mauga, Max Stonebraker, and Mason Jensen.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Maple Mountain's defense and their three sacks. Uhila Wolfgramm was especially locked on to Northridge's QB and sacked him twice.
Bountiful's record now sits at 10-1. As for Maple Mountain, their record now sits at 8-2.
Bountiful beat Maple Mountain 28-18 in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Does Bountiful have another victory up their sleeve, or will Maple Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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