On Monday, Basic faced Shadow Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Basic Wolves fell 19-6 to the Shadow Ridge Mustangs. The Wolves were probably out for revenge after losing 40-26 to them when the teams met back in January of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.
PEYTON SIMMONS threw for 104 yards and one touchdown. ELI MIRANDA was her top target, picking up 92 receiving yards and one touchdown.
Shadow Ridge's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Jaylani Palmer, who picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Savanna McDow, who rushed for 102 yards and one touchdown on only 14 carries.
Basic's defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 8-5. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to rushing yards: they averaged an imposing 142.5 rushing yards in those games compared to only 142.5 in the others. As for Shadow Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
Basic has already played their next contest (against Cimarron-Memorial), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Shadow Ridge will head out to take on Del Sol at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Shadow Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season.
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