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By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 2:11am

Football Preview: Desert Heights Prep Yote vs. Mohave Accelerated Patriots

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The Desert Heights Prep Yote will face off against the Mohave Accelerated Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Desert Heights Prep's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Bagdad on Friday. They were dealt a 46-0 loss at the hands of the Sultans. That makes it the first time this season the Yote have let down their home crowd.

Meanwhile, Mohave Accelerated humbled Mayer with a 61-8 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won three contests by 33 points or more so far this season.

Rylan Krahenbuhl was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 138 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 45 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Owen Honegger also helped with two touchdowns in total.

Mohave Accelerated's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Martin Abundiz and Honegger. Abundiz also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 84. Kaiden Slinger was another major factor on D, making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).

Desert Heights Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Mohave Accelerated, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.

Desert Heights Prep was taken down by Mohave Accelerated 56-28 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mohave Accelerated's Ivan Sia, who rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Now that Desert Heights Prep 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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