The Sunnyside Blue Devils are taking a road trip to square off against the Highland Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few points on average (Sunnyside 8.3, Highland 6.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
Sunnyside will head out to face Highland after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. The Blue Devils took a 21-7 bruising from Marana. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona flag football rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Tigers are ranked third).
Meanwhile, Highland entered their tilt with Higley on Wednesday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They never let the Knights get on the board and left with a 69-0 victory. The Hawks pushed the score to 55-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had no chance of recovering from.
A big part of Highland's win came down to the chemistry between Alexis Eley and her top target Lacie Nemchick. Eley threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes while Nemchick threw for 161 yards and five TDs. Addi Riggs was in the mix too, providing Highland with two scores.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Highland's defense and their six sacks. Leading the way was Kylie Riggs with three. Riggs is crushing it when it comes to sacks: she's posted at least one every time she's taken the field this season. Highland got some further help from Emma Frost: she picked up a sack, made four total tackles, and defended four passes in addition to snagging two interceptions which she returned one-yard for a touchdown.
The loss was their first at home , dropping their record down to 8-4. As for Highland, their record is now 16-1.
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