On Friday, Centennial faced Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Centennial Coyotes took a 31-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Queen Creek Bulldogs.
Despite the loss, Centennial still got an impressive performance from Kainan Manna, who threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Even if they lost, Centennial's defensive line still kept up the pressure with 4.5 sacks. Queen Creek's QB won't forget Taurean Hall anytime soon given he sacked him three times. Hall also set a new season high mark in sacks with three.
Tait Reynolds was his usual excellent self, rushing for 105 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also throwing for 150 yards and two touchdowns for Queen Creek. Reynolds got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 71 yards. Queen Creek also got a significant boost from Lucas George, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 101 yards.
Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Queen Creek, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Centennial will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Chaparral at 7:00 p.m. As for Queen Creek, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Red Mountain, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Red Mountain will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Queen Creek surely won't give up without a fight.
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