Football Preview: Westwood Warriors vs. Shadow Ridge Stallions
Westwood is 0-3 against Shadow Ridge since October of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Westwood Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Shadow Ridge Stallions at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-12, which was the final score in Westwood's tilt against Chandler on Friday. The loss was the Warriors' first of the season.
Although Westwood took the loss, they still got scores from Keshawn Barkus and Elliot Reed.
Meanwhile, Shadow Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat. They were outmatched by Salpointe Catholic on the road and fell 41-0. While losing is never fun, the Stallions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Lancers are ranked 16th).
Even if they lost, Shadow Ridge's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Salpointe Catholic's QB won't forget Peter Aguilar anytime soon given he sacked him 2.5 times. Another thorn in Salpointe Catholic's side was Xander Rennie, who picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles.
Having lost for the first time this season, Westwood fell to 2-1. As for Shadow Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Westwood came up short against Shadow Ridge in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, falling 63-56. Can Westwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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