Yuma Catholic has gone 3-0 against Buckeye recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Yuma Catholic Shamrocks will welcome the Buckeye Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Yuma Catholic will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Yuma Catholic's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Thursday, when they got past Thunderbird's usually-dominant defense. Yuma Catholic simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Thunderbird 45-14 on the road. Considering the Shamrocks have won four contests by more than 25 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Nash Ott continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 262 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. What's more, he also racked up 27 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023. Sir Stokes was Ott's top target, picking up 113 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Yuma Catholic's defense stepped up as well, laying out Andrew Cohill. three times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Rocky Stallworth.
Meanwhile, Buckeye was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 49-28 to Northwest Christian. The Hawks were down 42-21 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Yuma Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Buckeye, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything came up roses for Yuma Catholic against Buckeye in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 45-17 win. In that matchup, Yuma Catholic amassed a halftime lead of 35-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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