PEORIA, Ariz. -
Sunrise Mountain (Peoria, Ariz.) beat Goldwater (Phoenix, Ariz.) 48-0 on the strength of a superb game by dual threat quarterback
Chase Cord, who threw three touchdown passes while running for two more.
After taking the lead on a passing touchdown in the first quarter, the Mustangs led 28-0 at the half.
Sunrise Mountain expanded its lead to 42 points entering the fourth quarter. SM scored two times in the third, including once on a Cord touchdown pass to
Garrett Weissinger.
The Peoria school entered the contest giving up 23.2 points per game this year. A defensively strong the Mustangs kept the Bulldogs well below the 21.3 points it had been averaging per game.
The loss comes after Goldwater defeated Dysart 33-14 last week. The loss broke Goldwater's two-game winning streak.
In a III Section I game next week Sunrise Mountain (4-3) takes on Independence, and Goldwater (3-4) will go up against Peoria also in a III Section I game.
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