Football Preview: Desert Mountain Wolves vs. ALA - Gilbert North Eagles
The Desert Mountain Wolves will head out on the road to challenge the ALA - Gilbert North Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Desert Mountain's defense has only allowed ten points per game this season, so ALA - Gilbert North's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Desert Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Horizon, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Desert Mountain was ranked 18th). Desert Mountain fell 21-10 to Horizon on Friday. The match marked the Wolves' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, ALA - Gilbert North entered their tilt with Cactus Shadows on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 49-42 win over the Falcons.
Conner White went supernova for ALA - Gilbert North, throwing for 232 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 44 yards and a touchdown.
ALA - Gilbert North wouldn't let Cactus Shadows keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. ALA - Gilbert North can thank Brody Hatch and Stockton Dye for forcing both of them.
Desert Mountain moved to 6-1 with that loss, which also ended their six-game winning streak. As for ALA - Gilbert North, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 6-1.
Desert Mountain strolled past ALA - Gilbert North in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 36-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Mountain since the squad 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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