Football Preview: Dysart Demons vs. Heritage Academy Heroes
The Dysart Demons will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Heritage Academy Heroes at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Dysart is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Agua Fria 34-6 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
A big part of Dysart's win came down to the chemistry between Yen Doan and her top target Brianna Brown. Doan threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of her passes while Brown picked up 220 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Brown didn't just play on offense: he also made seven total tackles and defended two passes in addition to snagging an interception which she returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Dysart was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Dysart's defense made their presence known, laying out Evelina Montez. four times. In that department, Aubrey Makaafi was the leader with two sacks.
Meanwhile, Heritage Academy won against Westview on Tuesday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. Heritage Academy never let Tempe onto the board and left with a 42-0 victory. Given the Heroes' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Buffaloes are ranked 88th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win made it two in a row for Dysart and bumps their season record up to 7-7. As for Heritage Academy, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
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