Football Preview: Arbor View Aggies vs. Desert Pines Jaguars
The Arbor View Aggies will face off against the Desert Pines Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. The timing is sure in Arbor View's favor as the squad sits on three straight wins at home while Desert Pines has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Arbor View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Arbor View was ranked second). Arbor View came out on top against Coronado by a score of 28-21 on Friday. The 28-point effort marked the Aggies' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Thaddeus Thatcher and Aiden Krause. Thatcher had a great game and threw for 361 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Krause was balling out in the loss, throwing for 386 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Desert Pines). They enjoyed a cozy 50-31 win over Basic on Friday. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Jaguars as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Desert Pines can attribute much of their success to Marcus Williams, who rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns, and Zeyshawn Martin, who threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. Williams has become a key player for Desert Pines: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise. Ejuan Carter was Martin's top target, picking up 101 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Arbor View's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Desert Pines, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
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