Football Preview: Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions vs. Hamilton Huskies
Two dominant signal callers in Cameron Mailloux and Marlie Phillips are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions are taking a road trip to square off against the Hamilton Huskies at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mountain Ridge sitting on eight straight wins and Hamilton on 14.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: O'Connor, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked eighth). Mountain Ridge walked away with a 21-10 victory over O'Connor on Wednesday.
Mailloux was her usual excellent self, rushing for 49 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 135 yards and a touchdown. She also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making two total tackles and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Hamilton over Higley in every quarter on their way to victory on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hamilton blew Higley out of the water with a 34-0 final score. The result was nothing new for the Huskies, who have now won 11 matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Hamilton found their leader in freshman Phillips, who threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns. Aaliyah Opara was in the mix as well, providing Hamilton with two touchdowns.
Hamilton's defense made their presence known, laying out Ava Taliaferro. four times. Higley's QB won't forget Demi Woods anytime soon given she sacked her twice.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 26.5 points per game. As for Hamilton, their victory bumped their record up to 14-0.
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