Football Preview: Mica Mountain Thunderbolts vs. Arizona College Prep Knights
The Mica Mountain Thunderbolts are taking a road trip to challenge the Arizona College Prep Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Mica Mountain sitting on 13 straight wins and Arizona College Prep on 12.
Mica Mountain is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 24-14 victory over Yuma Catholic.
Mica Mountain's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jordan Perry, who rushed for 105 yards on only 13 carries, and Jimmy Leon, who picked up 26 receiving yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Perry has posted since back in September. Riley Carson got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Mica Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carson and Cameron Groves.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Arizona College Prep over Snowflake in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Arizona College Prep blew Snowflake out of the water with a 59-21 final score. Considering the Knights have won ten contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Max Sasso was a one-man wrecking crew for Arizona College Prep as he rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Sasso got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 67 yards. Evan Heinrich was another key player, throwing for 206 yards and a touchdown while completing 84.2% of his passes.
Arizona College Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Arizona College Prep's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29.3 points. As for Mica Mountain, their record is now 13-0.
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