Football Game Preview: St. Mary's Knights vs. ALA - West Foothills Guardians + Official Tickets

The St. Mary's Knights will take on the ALA - West Foothills Guardians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

On Friday, St. Mary's beat Paradise Honors 35-28.

Ezekiel Chavez

Receiving Yards (Career)

10/24/25 @ Paradise Honors	111
10/10/25 @ Thunderbird	95
09/04/25 @ Coconino	68
09/12/25 vs Empire	67
08/29/25 @ Mingus	61

A big part of St. Mary's victory came down to the chemistry between Luke Horn and his top target Ezekiel Chavez. Horn threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns while Chavez picked up 111 receiving yards and a pair of scores. Those 111 receiving yards gave Chavez a new career-high.

Meanwhile, while ALA - West Foothills put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Thunderbird. The Guardians took their game with ease, bagging a 35-0 win over the Titans. The Guardians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 25 points or more this season.

St. Mary's better focus on containing Kenyon Rosenthall and Carlos Serrano as the pair were huge in ALA - West Foothills' win. Rosenthall rushed for 124 yards and a pair of TDs on only 13 carries, while Serrano threw for 119 yards and two touchdowns. ALA - West Foothills is 4-2 when Rosenthall posts 100 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise. Another big playmaker for the Guardians was Cole Nuanez, who returned a punt for a touchdown.

ALA - West Foothills didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Thunderbird to a completion percentage of just 50%. The team can thank Cannon Trythall for the heroic effort on defense: he. ALA - West Foothills hasn't an opponent to post a completion percentage of 0.18 or higher in eight consecutive matchups.

ALA - West Foothills' defense didn't let JP Stewart, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for 5.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Logan Alvarez and Kingston Conn, who racked up four sacks between them. Another thorn in Thunderbird's side was Matthew Lee, who picked up 0.5 sacks and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).

ALA - West Foothills' victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-4. As for St. Mary's, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.