Football Preview: Heritage Academy Heroes vs. San Tan Charter Roadrunners
Heritage Academy has won four straight games at home (dating back to last season), while San Tan Charter has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Heritage Academy Heroes will host the San Tan Charter Roadrunners at 7:00 p.m. Heritage Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.3 points per game this season.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Heritage Academy on the road against Arete Prep as the squad secured a 56-20 victory. The Heroes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 36 points or more this season.
Kaleb (Bubba) Burras was his usual excellent self, rushing for 88 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 314 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Paul Soltero was (Bubba) Burras' top target, rushing for 36 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 70 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, San Tan Charter hadn't done well against Santa Cruz Valley recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. San Tan Charter came out on top against Santa Cruz Valley by a score of 24-15.
The critical scores for San Tan Charter came from Timi Akinyoyenu, Dwayne Jones, and Uriah Neloms.
Heritage Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for San Tan Charter, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Heritage Academy has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 152.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like San Tan Charter struggles in that department as they've been averaging 202.3. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Heritage Academy might still be hurting after the 41-19 loss they got from San Tan Charter in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Heritage Academy, Zayden Neill (who threw for 217 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only five carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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