The Skyline Coyotes will venture away from home to take on the ALA - Gilbert North Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Skyline is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing North Canyon: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Skyline blew North Canyon out of the water with a 56-12 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Coyotes had established a 37 point advantage.
Jake Ryne Goins continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 85 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 254 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt. Zavier Flores also helped out with an impressive 174 receiving yards.
Skyline's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Noah Sasser and Shawn Saxon.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask ALA - Gilbert North). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Paradise Valley 56-7 on the road. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Trojans are ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Conner White and Kody Thorley were among the main playmakers for ALA - Gilbert North as the former rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only five carries and the latter rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Thorley didn't just play on offense: he also made four total tackles and defended a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, ALA - Gilbert North was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 389 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
The victory got Skyline back to even at 2-2. As for ALA - Gilbert North, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Skyline has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 161.2 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like ALA - Gilbert North struggles in that department as they've been averaging 156.5. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Skyline suffered a grim 42-20 defeat to ALA - Gilbert North when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Skyline avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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