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Safford Thatcher

Bulldogs

Eagles

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Safford (AZ) by a score of 35-14.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Safford	-	-	-	-	14
Thatcher	-	-	-	-	35

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Game Stats

Safford (23-24)

Safford

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	14	29	111	.483	7.9	1		19	69.8
2	Jojo Ruelas (Sr)	14	29	111	.483	7.9	1		19	69.8

Safford

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	12	105	8.8	47	1
2	Jojo Ruelas (Sr)	2	51	25.5	47
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	1	20	20.0	20
22	Monster Rios (Sr)	8	34	4.3	13	1
33	Micah Chaplin (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0

Safford

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	14	111	7.9	19	1
0	Cole Yentsch (Jr)	1	12	12.0	12
3	Izaiah Alvarado (Sr)	3	13	4.3	9
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	8	70	8.8	19	1
19	Carlos Arbizo (Jr)	1	10	10.0	10
22	Monster Rios (Sr)	1	6	6.0	6

Safford

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	105	111	10	0	226
0	Cole Yentsch (Jr)		12			12
2	Jojo Ruelas (Sr)	51				51
3	Izaiah Alvarado (Sr)		13	5	0	18
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	20	70		0	90
11	Anthony Garrobo (Sr)			5		5
19	Carlos Arbizo (Jr)		10			10
22	Monster Rios (Sr)	34	6			40

Safford

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	105	111	111	216
0	Cole Yentsch (Jr)			12	12
2	Jojo Ruelas (Sr)	51	111		162
3	Izaiah Alvarado (Sr)			13	13
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	20		70	90
19	Carlos Arbizo (Jr)			10	10
22	Monster Rios (Sr)	34		6	40

Safford

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	32	49	81	3.0
2	Jojo Ruelas (Sr)	1	3	4
3	Izaiah Alvarado (Sr)	2	5	7
5	Michael Chavez (Sr)	1		1
7	Noah Dominguez (Sr)	1	5	6
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	5	5	10
11	Anthony Garrobo (Sr)	4	2	6
12	Manuel Dawson (Jr)	2	8	10	1.0
15	Jace Jameson (Jr)		1	1
19	Carlos Arbizo (Jr)	2		2	1.0
20	B. Richardson (Sr)		1	1
23	B. Carrillo (Sr)		1	1
33	Micah Chaplin (Jr)	1	3	4
41	Collin Gunnett (Jr)		3	3
50	Zayden Sanchez (Jr)	1	1	2
54	Brandon Aguilar (Sr)		5	5
55	Xavier Owens (Jr)	11	3	14	1.0
64	Gary Smith (Sr)	1	3	4

Safford

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	3.0	12	9
11	Anthony Garrobo (Sr)	1.0	6
12	Manuel Dawson (Jr)	1.0
33	Micah Chaplin (Jr)	1.0	6
55	Xavier Owens (Jr)			9

Safford

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Caus
	Team Totals	2	0	0.0	2	1
3	Izaiah Alvarado (Sr)	1	0	0.0
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	1	0	0.0	1
19	Carlos Arbizo (Jr)				1
55	Xavier Owens (Jr)					1

Safford

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	3	110	36.7	42
5	Michael Chavez (Sr)	3	110	36.7	42

Safford

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	54	27.0	27
13	Cole Goodman (Jr)	2	54	27.0	27

Safford

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	10	5.0	5	10
3	Izaiah Alvarado (Sr)	1	5	5.0	5	5
11	Anthony Garrobo (Sr)	1	5	5.0	5	5

Safford

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	2	14
5	Michael Chavez (Sr)			2	2
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)	1	6		6
22	Monster Rios (Sr)	1	6		6

Safford

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0		1			2
5	Michael Chavez (Sr)	2	2	1.0		1			2

Safford

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
10	Chris Shatto (Sr)		1	1
22	Monster Rios (Sr)	1		1

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Thatcher (23-24)

Thatcher has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Arizona High School Football - Safford succumbs to Thatcher

October 13, 2023: Thatcher, AZ 85552

The Thatcher Eagles thwarted the visiting Safford Bulldogs football team by a count of 35-14 in Friday's league outing.

With the win, Thatcher upgrades its record to 5-3 on the season. The Eagles travel to Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson, AZ) to encounter the Lions in a 3A South outing on Friday, October 20. The Lions go into the outing with a record of 6-2. Pusch Ridge Christian Academy won 31-20 in their recent non-league outing against Coolidge (Coolidge, AZ)

With the loss, Safford moves to 4-5 on the season. The Bulldogs host Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (Tucson, AZ) to encounter the Lions in a 3A South outing on Friday, October 27. The Lions go into the outing with a record of 6-2.

Check In
14 - 35 The scorer has checked in. Safford 14, Thatcher 35

Posted @ 9:11p
14 - 35

End of Game
Final
Safford 14, Thatcher 35

Posted @ 9:11p

Players of the Game

Safford (23-24)

Congratulations to #10 Chris Shatto (offensive) and #55 Xavier Owens (defensive) for being selected the Safford Football Players of the Game.

Thatcher (23-24)

Thatcher has not selected any Players of the Game.

Safford @ Thatcher Football Game Info

Fri., Oct. 13, 2023 @ 7p

Eastern Arizona College

The Thatcher (AZ) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Safford (AZ) by a score of 35-14.

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Rankings & Records

Safford (23-24)

AZ	Div.
86	11

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
4-7	1-3	1-4	3-3	.364	.250	261	275

Thatcher (23-24)

AZ	Div.
58	6

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	PF	PA
7-5	3-1	5-1	2-4	.583	.750	298	212

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Safford	1.5	5.8	6.0	5.5	23.7
Thatcher	4.4	2.6	5.8	4.0	24.8

Team Stat Comparison

Safford		Thatcher
100.8	Rushing Yards Per Game	86.8
154.3	Passing Yards Per Game	43.1
158.4	Receiving Yards Per Game	42.2
255.1	Total Yards Per Game	129.9
60.9	Tackles Per Game	16.3
1.8	Sacks Per Game	0.2
18.9	Points Per Game	8.6

Team Leaders

Safford		Thatcher	National Avg.
#22 Monster Rios61.5	Rushing Yards Per Game	#32 Christian Carter92.4	20.6
#2 Jojo Ruelas177.5	Passing Yards Per Game	#0 Brett Jones81.2	50.5
#10 Chris Shatto62.2	Receiving Yards Per Game	#21 Wyatt Nickolas34.5	17.5
#2 Jojo Ruelas209.1	Total Yards Per Game	#0 Brett Jones121.2	36.9
#10 Chris Shatto8.9	Tackles Per Game	#0 Brett Jones4.0	2.7
#55 Xavier Owens0.9	Sacks Per Game	#9 Carter Peck0.3	0.2
#10 Chris Shatto5.5	Points Per Game	#9 Carter Peck3.3	2.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Safford	2-3		Thatcher	4-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/1/23	Safford	Florence	(L) 29-26	11/3/23	Florence	Thatcher	(W) 35-14
9/15/23	Sabino	Safford	(L) 50-21	10/6/23	Thatcher	Sabino	(W) 27-20
9/29/23	Safford	Morenci	(W) 26-14	10/27/23	Morenci	Thatcher	(L) 21-14
10/5/23	Round Valley	Safford	(W) 24-21	9/8/23	Round Valley	Thatcher	(W) 22-20
10/27/23	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	Safford	(L) 19-14	10/20/23	Thatcher	Pusch Ridge Christian Academy	(W) 16-10

Record Breakdown

Safford (23-24)		Thatcher (23-24)
4-7	Overall	7-5
1-3	League	3-1
3-3	Non-League	3-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-3	Common Opponent	4-1
1-4	Home	5-1
3-3	Away	2-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	1-1
4-7	In-State	7-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0