Football Preview: Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon Pirate vs. The Meadows School Mustangs
The Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon Pirate will stay at home for another week and welcome The Meadows School Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 56-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pinecrest Academy Cadence. The Pirate were up 15-0 in the fourth but couldn't hold on to the lead.
Defeat or not, Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon got some senior leadership from Andrew Campbell and Isaiah Morales-Hill. Campbell threw for 349 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per attempt, while Morales-Hill picked up 103 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 349 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Campbell. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxon Bush, who picked up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Simote Tupou was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself. He is becoming a predictor of Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon's success: when he posts at least one sack the team is 2-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, The Meadows School was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss dating back to last season. They took a blow against Needles, falling 63-12.
Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-4. As for The Meadows School, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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