Football Preview: Mountain View Toros vs. Hamilton Huskies
Two dominant signal callers in Tierah Metcalf and Marlie Phillips are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mountain View Toros will challenge the Hamilton Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Mountain View sitting on nine straight wins and Hamilton on 15.
Mountain View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Highland, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Mountain View was ranked third). Mountain View came out on top in a nail-biter against Highland on Saturday, sneaking past 13-10. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Toros have posted since November 4, 2023.
Lucee Lamoreaux continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, picking up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 100 yards on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Hamilton's offense rose to the challenge against a Mountain Lions defense that boasted an average of only 8.89 points allowed on Saturday. Hamilton simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Mountain Ridge 41-6. Considering the Huskies have won 12 contests by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Hamilton's win came down to the chemistry between Phillips and her top target Samaya Taylor-Jenkins. Phillips threw for 250 yards and five touchdowns while Taylor-Jenkins picked up 137 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Mikayla Allen also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Hamilton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Trinity Smith led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by herself.
Mountain View pushed their record up to 17-2 with the victory, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.4 points per game. As for Hamilton, their record is now 15-0.
Mountain View didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Hamilton in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 20-16 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Taylor-Jenkins, who picked up 102 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 Taylor-Jenkins? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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