Football Preview: Mountain Pointe Pride vs. Casa Grande Cougars
Mountain Pointe is on a eight-game streak of home wins, while Casa Grande is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mountain Pointe Pride will host the Casa Grande Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Mountain Pointe: 6.5, Casa Grande: 4.9) so any points scored will be well earned.
Mountain Pointe's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Saturday, when they got past Nogales' usually-dominant defense. Mountain Pointe blew past Nogales, posting a 35-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Pride, who have now won 11 matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Casa Grande didn't have too much trouble with Verrado on Saturday as they won 24-10.
A big part of Casa Grande's win came down to the chemistry between Kayla Tacker and her top target Sarah Mountz. Tacker gained 180 total yards and two touchdowns while Mountz threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns. Tacker really caught the secondary sleeping when she pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
Casa Grande didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Andrea Monguia and Tacker. Monguia has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times she's played.
Mountain Pointe's victory bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Casa Grande, their win bumped their record up to 13-2.
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