Football Preview: Chaparral Firebirds vs. Pinnacle Pioneers
Chaparral has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Pinnacle Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pinnacle took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Chaparral, who comes in off a win.
Chaparral is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 44-36 win over Desert Vista on Friday.
Max Wagner had a dynamite game for Chaparral, throwing for 353 yards and five touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (93 yards to be exact) went to Hunter Wohland, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Pinnacle faced ALA - Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Pinnacle received a blow as they fell 34-19 to ALA - Queen Creek. The match marked the Pioneers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Pinnacle might have lost, but man, Wyatt Horton was a machine: he threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 118 yards on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Horton a new career-high in rushing yards. Jace Pina was Horton's top target, picking up 122 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Chaparral now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Pinnacle, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-2 record.
Chaparral was dealt a bruising 47-6 loss at the hands of Pinnacle when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Chaparral avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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