Football Game Preview: North Canyon Rattlers vs. Carl Hayden Community Falcons + Official Tickets

The North Canyon Rattlers will venture away from home to take on the Carl Hayden Community Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

On Friday, everything came up roses for North Canyon against Washington as the team secured a 47-7 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Rattlers just coasted through the last quarter.

Karlos Romandia

Rushing Yards (Career)

10/10/25 @ Washington	78
10/02/25 @ Maryvale	41
09/26/25 @ Rio Rico	30
09/19/25 vs Estrella Foothills	22
09/05/24 @ Goldwater	14

North Canyon's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Karlos Romandia, who threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and AJ Garcia, who gained 144 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Romandia a new career-high in rushing yards (78). A healthy portion of Romandia's aerial production (81 yards to be exact) went to Dom Dampier, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.

On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to North Canyon's defense and their four sacks. Markel Arnold was especially locked on to Washington's QB and sacked him twice. Arnold is becoming a predictor of North Canyon's success: when he posts at least two sacks the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't). The Rattlers got some further help from Kevin Silva Lopez: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carl Hayden Community). They blew past Alhambra 56-8 on Friday. The Falcons haven't had any issues with the Lions recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Carl Hayden Community's win came from a few key players North Canyon will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Damiani Mitchell, who rushed for 143 yards and one score while picking up 7.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 107 yards and a pair of TDs. Mekhi Wright was another key player, gaining 177 total yards and two touchdowns.

North Canyon's record now sits at 3-4. As for Carl Hayden Community, their record is now 2-5.

Everything came up roses for North Canyon against Carl Hayden Community in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 34-7 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Rattlers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.