The Monterey Plainsmen will take on the Ryan Raiders at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a six-game winning streak alive.
Monterey is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Bel Air a 63-0 shutout. The Plainsmen might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ryan). They breezed by Paschal to the tune of 77-14 on Thursday. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by 24 points or more this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Tre'Vaughn Reynolds and Nehemiah Warmate. Reynolds rushed for 96 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries while Warmate rushed for 70 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries. Braeden Mussett was in the mix as well, providing Ryan with two touchdowns.
Ryan pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.7 points per game. As for Monterey, their win bumped their record up to 7-4.
Monterey suffered a grim 49-28 defeat to Ryan in their previous meeting back in December of 2017. Thankfully for Monterey, Spencer Sanders (who threw for 267 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 45 yards) 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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