Two dominant signal callers in Alexis Eley and Tierah Metcalf are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Highland Hawks will head out to challenge the Mountain View Toros at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Highland comes in on six and Mountain View on eight.
Highland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They enjoyed a cozy 28-14 victory over Casteel. The Hawks pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Colts cut but never quite recovered from.
Eley was her usual excellent self, throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.6% of her passes, and also rushing for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
Highland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kaitlyn Saunders and Megan Kalkman.
Meanwhile, Mountain View's offense rose to the challenge against a Bulldogs defense that boasted an average of only 14.77 points allowed on Wednesday. Mountain View blew past Queen Creek, posting a 31-0 win. The Toros might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by 21 points or more this season.
Lucee Lamoreaux continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also picking up 78 receiving yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards she has posted since back in October. Emma Fischbeck was another key player, picking up 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Mountain View's defense and their four sacks. Morgen Messer was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two herself.
Mountain View's victory was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-2. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.1 points per game. As for Highland, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Highland came up short against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in September, falling 18-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lamoreaux, who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Highland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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