The O'Connor Eagles will head out to face off against the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mountain Ridge is hoping to do what Boulder Creek couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to O'Connor's winning streak, which now stands at ten games. O'Connor never let Boulder Creek onto the board and left with a 21-0 win. 21 seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They took their game with ease, bagging a 40-6 win over the Champions. Given the Mountain Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Champions are ranked 45th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cameron Mailloux was her usual excellent self, throwing for 130 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of her passes, and also rushing for 61 yards on only seven carries.
O'Connor pushed their record up to 13-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 30.2 points per game. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
O'Connor came up short against Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 19-15. Can O'Connor avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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