San Tan Foothills won the last time they faced Tempe, and things went their way on Friday too. The San Tan Foothills Sabercats walked away with a 44-34 victory over the Tempe Buffaloes. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Sabercats.
Holden Mikeworth had a dynamite game for San Tan Foothills, rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns.
San Tan Foothills' defensive line stepped up as well, laying out Saul Mendez. nine times. The heavy lifting was done by Taten Rivero and Michael Sciarra who racked up seven sacks between them. With that strong performance, Rivero is now averaging an impressive 2.5 sacks per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Tan Foothills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tempe only rushed for 62.
When it comes to explaining why Tempe lost, don't look at Arthur Murphy. Despite the final result, he picked up 185 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Murphy torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards. Mendez was another key player, throwing for 339 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 15.4 yards per attempt.
San Tan Foothills' win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Tempe, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
San Tan Foothills does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tempe, they will take on Yuma at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Tempe focused on turnovers this week as team gave up five on Friday.
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