On Thursday, Highland faced Higley in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Highland Hawks blew past the Higley Knights 28-6. Considering the Hawks have won seven matchups by more than 19 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Alexis Eley continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 50 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 208 yards and a touchdown while completing 80.8% of her passes.
Highland's defense stepped up as well, laying out Ava Taliaferro. six times. Leading the way was Kylie Riggs with five sacks. She is on a roll when it comes to sacks, as she's now sacked two or more in the last three games she's played.
Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Higley, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-6.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Highland will welcome Desert Ridge at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Desert Ridge: 11.4, Highland: 7.5) so any points scored will be well earned. As for Higley, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Gilbert at 7:00 p.m. Gilbert's defense has only allowed nine points per game this season, so Higley's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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