Football Preview: Desert Mountain Wolves vs. Notre Dame Prep Saints
The Desert Mountain Wolves will challenge the Notre Dame Prep Saints at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Desert Mountain's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Mountain Pointe on Tuesday. They were outmatched by the Pride at home and fell 55-0. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Pride are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, a victory for Notre Dame Prep just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Verrado, falling 35-14.
Despite the loss, Notre Dame Prep saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lily McCracken rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. McCracken's longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
This is the second loss in a row for Desert Mountain and nudges their season record down to 4-8. As for Notre Dame Prep, they dropped their record down to 2-9 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Desert Mountain was able to grind out a solid win over Notre Dame Prep when the teams last played on October 2nd, winning 28-20. Does Desert Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Notre Dame Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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