Football Preview: Mission Heights Prep Phantoms vs. Heritage Academy Heroes
The Mission Heights Prep Phantoms will head out to square off against the Heritage Academy Heroes at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mission Heights Prep is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Mission Heights Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Heritage Academy, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Mission Heights Prep was ranked 20th). Mission Heights Prep was dealt a 60-24 defeat at the hands of Heritage Academy on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Phantoms have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 54 points the game before, Heritage Academy was a bit more limited in their contest last Saturday. They took a 20-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of Imagine Prep. The loss continues a trend for the Heroes in their matchups with the Storm: they've now lost six in a row.
Ethan Cahall put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Mission Heights Prep's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-4. As for Heritage Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
Mission Heights Prep took a serious blow against Heritage Academy when the teams last played back in September, falling 34-0. Can Mission Heights Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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