The Higley Knights are taking a road trip to square off against the Highland Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Higley is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Higley's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Desert Ridge on Tuesday. They were outmatched by the Jaguars on the road and fell 36-0.
Meanwhile, Highland faced Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Highland's defense stepped up to hand Queen Creek a 14-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
Alexis Eley was her usual excellent self, throwing for 264 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75.6% of her passes, and also rushing for 56 yards on only seven carries. 98 of Eley's passing yards were hauled in by Emilee Searle.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Highland's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kylie Riggs. She also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Highland got some further help from McKenzie Egan: she made a tackle and defended a pass in addition to snagging three interceptions.
Higley now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Highland, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
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