Football Preview: Mountain View Toros vs. Highland Hawks
Mountain View is on a 16-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Highland is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mountain View Toros will host the Highland Hawks at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mountain View's defense has only allowed 6.5 points per game this season, so Highland's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Mountain View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Queen Creek, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Mountain View was ranked fourth). Mountain View's defense stepped up to hand Queen Creek a 31-0 shutout on Wednesday. Considering the Toros have won nine games by more than 20 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Lucee Lamoreaux, who rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also picked up 78 receiving yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 55 yards. Emma Fischbeck was in the mix as well, providing Mountain View with two touchdowns.
Mountain View didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Fischbeck led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by herself.
Meanwhile, Highland had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They strolled past Casteel with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 28-14. The Hawks pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Colts cut but never quite recovered from.
Alexis Eley continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.6% of her passes, and also rushing for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
Mountain View is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 33.4 points per game. As for Highland, their record is now 13-3.
Saturday's contest will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Tierah Metcalf and Eley. Metcalf just won't slow down this season and has thrown 32 touchdowns while averaging 220.2 passing yards per game. Eley has been a dominant force too and has thrown 30 touchdowns while averaging 220.9 passing yards per game.
Mountain View didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Highland in their previous meeting back in September, but they still walked away with an 18-13 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Highland's Emilee Searle, who picked up 129 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mountain View still be able to contain Searle? There's only one way to find out.
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