Mountain Ridge is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while O'Connor is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will host the O'Connor Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, everything came up roses for Mountain Ridge against Cesar Chavez as the squad secured a 40-6 victory. 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.
It was another big night for Cameron Mailloux, who threw for 130 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of her passes, and also rushed for 61 yards on only seven carries.
Meanwhile, O'Connor won against Coconino last Wednesday with 21 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Tuesday. O'Connor never let Boulder Creek onto the board and left with a 21-0 win.
O'Connor's victory bumped their record up to 13-3. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
Mountain Ridge didn't have too much breathing room in their game against O'Connor in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 19-15 win. Will Mountain Ridge repeat their success, or does O'Connor have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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