Football Preview: Quartz Hill Royals vs. Highland Bulldogs
The Quartz Hill Royals will face off against the Highland Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Quartz Hill comes in on six and Highland on three.
Quartz Hill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Sonora 55-34. Considering the Royals have won eight matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jaden Graham and Anthony Abad. Graham had a great game and rushed for 220 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Abad was balling out in the loss, rushing for 273 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Highland didn't have too much trouble with Burbank on Friday as they won 42-28.
Highland wouldn't let Burbank keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Highland can thank Albert Betson Jr and Jamarieh Hector for forcing both of them. Hector has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last seven times he's played. Highland got some further help from Jayden Carrillo: he made 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and snagged an interception.
Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.7 points per game. As for Quartz Hill, their win bumped their record up to 9-3.
Quartz Hill came up short against Highland in their previous matchup back in September, falling 20-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Highland's Justin Wyatt Jr., who threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown. Now that Quartz Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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