Imagine Prep has gone 5-0 against Heritage Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Imagine Prep Storm will square off against the Heritage Academy Heroes at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Imagine Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Mission Heights Prep, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Imagine Prep was ranked tenth). Imagine Prep came out on top against Mission Heights Prep by a score of 31-22 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Storm.
Hunter Price continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 31 receiving yards. Those 108 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Mario Acosta-Styles, who gained 104 total yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heritage Academy). They walked away with a 54-42 win over Western SciTech on Friday.
Heritage Academy's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Elliott Cahall, who rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Cahall showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 65 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Seth Skousen, who rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Heritage Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 362 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 85 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 193.7.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Heritage Academy's defensive line and their three sacks. Leading the way was Skousen with two.
Imagine Prep pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Heritage Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Imagine Prep against Heritage Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 42-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Imagine Prep since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
