Football Recap: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Picks Up 16th Consecutive Win + How To Watch

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2025, 6:34pm

Football Recap: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Lions vs. Catalina Foothills Falcons

HOW TO WATCH: This game can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the AZ Interscholastic Assn. (AIA) & Catalina Foothills High School. Watch Full Replay

Lions

Previous Games

09/11/25 vs Catalina Foothills35-0
09/05/25 @ Crismon28-27
08/29/25 @ ALA - Ironwood41-14
08/23/25 vs San Tan Foothills53-10
11/30/24 @ ALA - West Foothills26-7
+ 11 more games

Pusch Ridge Christian Academy strolled into their game on Thursday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Catalina Foothills Falcons 35-0. That's more bragging rights for the Lions, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Race Pinneo produced another solid effort rushing for 128 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 120 yards and one TD while completing 87.5% of his passes. Those 128 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Pusch Ridge Christian Academy's defense and their 3.5 sacks. In that department, Logan Carey was the leader with two. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.1 sacks per game. Another thorn in Catalina Foothills' side was Cameron Shoaff, who made 12 total tackles and snagged an interception.

Pusch Ridge Christian Academy's record now sits at 4-0. As for Catalina Foothills, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.

Coming up, Pusch Ridge Christian Academy will look to defend their home field on the 19th against Florence at 6:00 p.m. As for Catalina Foothills, they will head out on the road to challenge Snowflake at 7:00 p.m. on the 19th.

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