Football Preview: ALA - Ironwood Warriors vs. San Tan Foothills Sabercats
The ALA - Ironwood Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the San Tan Foothills Sabercats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. ALA - Ironwood will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Last Friday, ALA - Ironwood really took it to Tempe for the full four quarters, racking up a 48-14 victory at home. That 34 point margin sets a new team best for the Warriors this season.
Ayden Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 345 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. Another back making a difference was Malachi Gomez, who rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: ALA - Ironwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 444 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tempe only rushed for 48.
ALA - Ironwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Porter Lee and Marques Dorsey.
Meanwhile, a win for San Tan Foothills just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Crismon, falling 28-7. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Sabercats couldn't push the score so high this time.
ALA - Ironwood's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for San Tan Foothills, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season.
Everything went ALA - Ironwood's way against San Tan Foothills in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as ALA - Ironwood made off with a 36-14 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for ALA - Ironwood since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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