Santa Rita is preparing for their first region matchup of the season on Thursday. They will take on Horizon Honors at 7:30 p.m. Santa Rita hasn't scored more than six points for six games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Santa Rita's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Highland Prep on Tuesday. They took a blow against the Honey Badgers, falling 28-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Horizon Honors). They really took it to ALA - Ironwood for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-6 victory. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Eagles had established a 29-point advantage.
Horizon Honors is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.3 points on average over those games. As for Santa Rita, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
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