Preview: Mountain Ridge @ Mountain Pointe

<!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Overview</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Both teams possess some serious talent, which includes two of the top 2023 QB's in the state with [player_tooltip player_id='42892' first='Brendan' last='Anderson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='110153' first='Chris' last='Arviso']. Mountain Ridge landed the #9 seed by going 5-5, with 4 of those losses coming against open division playoff teams and their other loss coming against 6A #1 seeded Casteel. A loss last week vs O'Connor might ignite that bounce back fire that MRHS needs, as they could come into this one guns blazing and play with a chip on their shoulder. Mountain Pointe locked up the #8 seed by going 7-3 in the regular season, with their losses coing against Arbor View (NV), Chaparral, and Corona del Sol. That Chaparral upset is what ended up haunting them down to the #8 seed, but a lot has changed after that week 3 upset as they have came out hot showing that explosiveness on the offensive side of the ball. I really like both QB's in this matchup as this game is trending towards a shootout given the QB's and the number of explosve players on both sides. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Mountain Ridge Key Players </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='42892' first='Brendan' last='Anderson'], QB, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='42920' first='Terrance' last='Hall'], WR, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Christian Madoski</strong>, DL, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gavin Dins</strong>, RB, 2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='347186' first='Christian' last='Aguilar']</strong>, LB, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/MtRidgeFootball/status/1593672551657414656?s=20u0026t=HhwsyMe-CZpbwpngwHbUTA","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/MtRidgeFootball/status/1593672551657414656?s=20&amp;t=HhwsyMe-CZpbwpngwHbUTA </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Mountain Pointe Kep Players </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='110153' first='Chris' last='Arviso'], QB, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='364206' first='Christian' last='Clark'], ATH, 2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='368905' first='Kaleb' last='Jones'], OL, 2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jay'len Rushing</strong>, RB, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Matty Braun</strong>, WR, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Izaac Patterson</strong>, ATH, 2023</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->