Football Preview: Desert Edge Scorpions vs. Cactus Cobras
Desert Edge and Cactus are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. The Desert Edge Scorpions will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Cactus Cobras at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cactus is hoping to do what Canyon View couldn't on Friday: put an end to Desert Edge's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Desert Edge blew past Canyon View 28-5. The score was close at the half, but the Scorpions pulled away in the second half with 21 points.
The critical scores for Desert Edge came from Tj Tucker, David Cabrera, Travion Dixson, and Elijah Sherbin-Fox.
One reason for the win was Desert Edge's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Jerry Washington was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Washington is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least six every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cactus). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Sunrise Mountain 53-0. Given the Cobras' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Mustangs are ranked 86th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cactus to victory, but perhaps none more so than Antonio Casias, who threw for 291 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Tayejion Player helped Casias out on the ground, rushing for 127 yards and a touchdown.
Cactus was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sunrise Mountain only rushed for 105.
Desert Edge is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Cactus, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Desert Edge came up short against Cactus when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 33-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cactus' Julian Stubblefield, who picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Desert Edge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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