Football Preview: Deer Valley Skyhawks vs. Thunderbird Titans
Two dominant signal callers in Tori Wefel-Hayes and Lily Rakich are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Deer Valley Skyhawks will be playing at home against the Thunderbird Titans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Deer Valley's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They breezed by Leading Edge Academy - GEC at home to the tune of 31-0. The Skyhawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 27 points or more this season.
Wefel-Hayes was her usual excellent self, rushing for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 152 yards and two touchdowns. She is becoming a predictor of Deer Valley's success: when she posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when she doesn't). Sanaya GIbson was Wefel-Hayes' top target, picking up 41 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Thunderbird strolled past Leading Edge Academy - GEC with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 14-0.
Deer Valley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Thunderbird, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
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