Football Preview: Valley Vista Monsoon vs. O'Connor Eagles
The Valley Vista Monsoon are taking a road trip to take on the O'Connor Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, Valley Vista came up short against Mountain Ridge and fell 28-20. While losing is never fun, the Monsoon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Mountain Lions are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, O'Connor came tearing into Thursday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Panthers to the tune of 44-0. The match marked the Eagles' most dominant win of the season.
The critical scores for O'Connor came from Ava Hannosh, Becky Currence, Bella Wolf, Allie Lawler, Macy Ellis, and Taylor Kunz.
O'Connor didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Victoria Whipple, Currence, and Kunz picked up one apiece. Whipple has been hot , having also posted eight or more total tackles the last five times she's played.
Valley Vista dropped their record down to 4-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for O'Connor, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3.
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