Football Preview: Moapa Valley Pirates vs. Democracy Prep Agassi Campus Blue Knights
The Moapa Valley Pirates will take on the Democracy Prep Agassi Campus Blue Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Moapa Valley's favor as the squad sits on eight straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Democracy Prep Agassi Campus has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Moapa Valley and Pahrump Valley met for a duel on Thursday where Moapa Valley came out on top. Moapa Valley strolled past Pahrump Valley with points to spare, taking the game 49-35. The score was all tied up 21-21 at the break, but the Pirates were the better team in the second half.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Talon Schraft and Kayne Horibe. Schraft had a great game and rushed for 168 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. Meanwhile, Horibe was balling out in the loss, throwing for 299 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 68 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Moapa Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Moapa Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ryker Katich and Caden Rawson. Katich has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last four times he's played. Another thorn in Pahrump Valley's side was Gavyn Frederick, who made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Democracy Prep Agassi Campus had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Their defense stepped up to hand Boulder City a 20-0 shutout on Thursday. The Blue Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
Moapa Valley's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Democracy Prep Agassi Campus, their win bumped their record up to 3-6.
Everything came up roses for Moapa Valley against Democracy Prep Agassi Campus in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 36-6 victory. Will Moapa Valley repeat their success, or does Democracy Prep Agassi Campus have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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