Football Preview: Willow Canyon Wildcats vs. Yuma Catholic Shamrocks
The Willow Canyon Wildcats will face off against the Yuma Catholic Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Willow Canyon has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Yuma Catholic will come in with four straight wins.
Willow Canyon's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Cactus on Friday. They were dealt a 70-0 loss at the hands of the Cobras. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Cobras are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Yuma Catholic). They blew past Apollo, posting a 44-14 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Willow Canyon better keep an eye on Nash Ott. He was instrumental in Yuma Catholic's win, throwing for 339 yards and three TDs while picking up 11.7 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 53 yards. Those 53 rushing yards gave Ott a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Wesley Porter, who picked up 98 receiving yards and one touchdown.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Yuma Catholic proved: they limited Apollo to a paltry 2.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Shaun Carter for the heroic effort on defense: he. Yuma Catholic didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 10.8.
Yuma Catholic's defense didn't let Thomas Williams, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Sahid Verdugo was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. Another thorn in Apollo's side was Carter, who made 15 total tackles and defended one pass.
The victory got Yuma Catholic back to even at 4-4. As for Willow Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
