Football Preview: Sunnyslope Vikings vs. Willow Canyon Wildcats
The Sunnyslope Vikings will challenge the Willow Canyon Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Sunnyslope took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They breezed by Apollo at home to the tune of 48-17.
Sunnyslope got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Aleck Vargas out in front who rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Mack Kump, who picked up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Sunnyslope wouldn't let Apollo keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Sunnyslope can thank Isaiah Ward and Augustus Schmidt for forcing both of them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sunnyslope was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 548 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Willow Canyon strolled past South Mountain with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 34-19. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Willow Canyon found their leader in underclassman Joel Cooper, who rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Tyler Salas handled things on the ground, rushing for 91 yards.
Sunnyslope pushed their record up to 1-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Willow Canyon, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Sunnyslope and Willow Canyon were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September of 2017, but Sunnyslope suffered an agonizing 10-9 loss. Can Sunnyslope avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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