The Steele Canyon Cougars will take on the Granite Hills Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Steele Canyon will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
On Tuesday, Steele Canyon strolled past Helix with points to spare, taking the game 35-19.
Sophia Jackel
| 10/07/25 vs Helix | 13 |
| 09/30/25 vs Santana | 7 |
| 09/19/25 @ Valhalla | 3 |
| 09/16/25 vs El Cajon Valley | 8 |
| 09/04/25 vs Valley Center | 13 |
Steele Canyon's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sophia Jackel, who threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns while completing 88.2% of her passes, and also punched in one TD on the ground. What's more, Jackel racked up 13 rushing yards, the most she's had since back in September. Ily (I-Lee) Barclay was another key rusher, gaining 178 total yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Steele Canyon's defense and their nine sacks. Joelle Frazier led the group effort, picking up four of those sacks all by herself.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills entered their contest against Grossmont on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Eagles took a 26-18 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Foothillers. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California flag football rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Foothillers are ranked 33rd).
Steele Canyon's victory bumped their record up to 14-4. As for Granite Hills, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 10-3.
Steele Canyon couldn't quite get it done against Granite Hills when the teams last played back in September as they fell 19-7. Will the Cougars have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other flag football content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
