The Highland Prep Honey Badgers will venture away from home to take on the Camp Verde Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Highland Prep is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Highland Prep will head out to face Camp Verde after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Highland Prep fell 28-16 to Kingman Academy.
Loss or not, Highland Prep got some senior leadership from Aeden Calini and Gil Camacho. Calini picked up 107 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while Camacho threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns. Calini is becoming a predictor of Highland Prep's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Highland Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Calini. Liam Coye was another major factor on D, making 19 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Camp Verde took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 41-7 victory over Glendale Prep Academy. The Cowboys might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 29 points or more this season.
Highland Prep's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-4. As for Camp Verde, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Highland Prep was taken down by Camp Verde 68-24 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Highland Prep, Tyson Buckley (who threw for 299 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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