The Madison Highland Prep Heat will square off against the Shadow Mountain Matadors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Last Friday, Madison Highland Prep was beaten by Scottsdale Preparatory Academy 54-12. The Heat were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 40-6.
Defeat or not, Madison Highland Prep got some senior leadership from Jaycob Young and Ephraim Hercules. Young threw for 206 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.2% of his passes, while Hercules picked up 99 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Shadow Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against Veritas Prep, falling 35-13.
Although Shadow Mountain took the loss, they still got scores from Jaiden Hill and Isaac Ungor.
Madison Highland Prep now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Shadow Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Madison Highland Prep was dealt a bruising 41-13 loss at the hands of Shadow Mountain in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Shadow Mountain's Sean Collins, who rushed for 219 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. Now that Madison Highland Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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