The Desert Mountain Wolves are taking a road trip to face off against the Campo Verde Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Desert Mountain is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Desert Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Cactus for the full four quarters, racking up a 44-0 victory at home. The Wolves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 27 points or more this season.
Desert Mountain's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Bryce Herges, who rushed for 23 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 184 yards and a touchdown.
Desert Mountain's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Braylon Wilkerson and Elijah Banquil. Banquil also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Desert Mountain got some further help from Tyler Stanford: he picked up a sack, made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Special teams also played a big role in the game for Desert Mountain, adding 14 points to the final score. All those points came courtesy of Alex Weeks: he added nine points with three field goals, and another five kicking extra points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 35-3, which was the final score in Campo Verde's tilt against Highland on Friday. The Coyotes haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Desert Mountain pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Campo Verde, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Desert Mountain strolled past Campo Verde when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 31-12. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Mountain since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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