Football Preview: ALA - Gilbert North Eagles vs. Horizon Huskies
The ALA - Gilbert North Eagles will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Horizon Huskies at 7:00 p.m. ALA - Gilbert North is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.1 points per game this season.
ALA - Gilbert North is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Notre Dame Prep, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (ALA - Gilbert North was ranked 23rd). ALA - Gilbert North fell just short of Notre Dame Prep by a score of 51-48 on Friday. The Eagles have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Despite the loss, ALA - Gilbert North got top-tier performance from Kody Thorley, who rushed for 41 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. ALA - Gilbert North is 5-1 when Thorley posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Cam Shepard also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 109 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Horizon entered their tilt with Cactus Shadows on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They strolled past the Falcons with points to spare, taking the game 40-21. The Huskies pushed the score to 40-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons cut but never quite recovered from.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jase Ashley and Donivan C Dixon. Ashley had a great game and threw for 239 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. Meanwhile, C Dixon was balling out in the loss, rushing for 126 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 272 yards on 24 of 47 attempts.
ALA - Gilbert North's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Horizon, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
ALA - Gilbert North came up short against Horizon in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 35-28. Will ALA - Gilbert North have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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