Notebook: Unbeatens highlight Week 3 action

Highland, Madison, North Fremont, Ririe, Aberdeen, West Side, and Butte County. Say hullo to nan area’s remaining unbeaten shot teams.

Rams triumph protect battle

Highland defeated Lake City 13-7 connected Saturday arsenic sophomore Cedric Mitchell ran for 124 yards and a touchdown.

Paxten Johnson added nan last separator of triumph pinch 2 section goals, including a 45-yarder.

Sophomore Malakai Mitchell led nan squad pinch 9 tackles and 7 different players had 4 aliases much tackles. Christian Alvarico added an interception.

The Rams (4-0) big Thunder Ridge successful a convention matchup connected Friday.

Madison improves to 4-0

The Bobcats held disconnected Skyline 28-27, stopping a two-point effort by nan Grizzlies successful nan closing minutes.
Hazen Torgerson passed for 220 yards, but it was Bryce Dredge carrying nan crushed crippled pinch 24 carries for 150 yards and a brace of touchdowns.

CarMyne Garcia passed for 233 yards and 2 touchdowns and besides ran for a people for nan Grizzlies (1-2).
Skyline hosts Hillcrest connected Friday. Madison hosts Blackfoot successful a nonconference matchup.

Sugar-Salem triumph streak snapped

The Diggers’ yearly nonconference matchup pinch Star Valley (WY) is typically a productive crippled for some programs arsenic they hole for nan bosom of their seasons.

This clip it was Star Valley getting nan champion of Sugar-Salem 27-21, snapping nan Diggers’ 25-game triumph streak making love backmost to nan 2021 authorities title game.

Sugar-Salem tied nan crippled astatine 21-21 pinch 5:11 near erstwhile Kimball Tonks ran for a 10-yard touchdown.
The Braves (3-0) scored nan winning touchdown pinch 29 seconds near erstwhile they converted a 19-yard touchdown pass.
Sugar-Salem (3-1) hosts Kimberly connected Friday.

3A getting defensive

North Fremont has seemingly ever been bolstered by a divers discourtesy that tin tally nan shot pinch velocity and powerfulness and walk capable conscionable to support defenses connected their heels.

That’s nary different this twelvemonth nether first-year caput coach Keith Director.

The Huskies (3-0) mean astir 42 points per game. But it’s connected nan protect broadside wherever they’ve shined, giving up conscionable 8.67 points.

Not coincidentally, Aberdeen (3-0), which is classed 1 spot up of nan Huskies astatine No. 2 successful nan 3A authorities poll, has registry back-to-back shutouts and fixed up an mean of 6.0 points.

Run Butte County, run

The Pirates (4-0) totaled 433 rushing yards successful a 67-16 triumph complete Murtaugh.

Five different players scored rushing touchdowns pinch Rawson Twitchell accounting for 3 and Razor Duke moving for 176 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Potential convention title matchup?
Yes, we’re only into nan 5th week of nan season, but Friday’s Hillcrest vs. Skyline crippled astatine Ravsten Stadium will apt group up nan frontrunner for nan 5A District 6 title.

The Knights, who won nan convention title past year, knocked disconnected Skyline successful nan regular play past twelvemonth pinch a last-second Hail Mary pass. Hillcrest past proceeded to extremity Skyline’s bid for a 4th consecutive authorities title pinch a 35-31 triumph successful nan authorities semifinals.