The Arizona Lutheran Academy Coyotes will face off against the Tonopah Valley Phoenix at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Arizona Lutheran Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 43.3 points per game this season.
Arizona Lutheran Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Miami, posting an 80-20 win. Considering the Coyotes have won six matchups by more than 29 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Elijah Harris was his usual excellent self, rushing for 241 yards and four touchdowns on only six carries. Those 241 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Sebby Guye was another key back, rushing for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
Arizona Lutheran Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 633 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Arizona Lutheran Academy's defense and their 11 sacks. Miami's QB won't forget Liam Enter anytime soon given he sacked him 6.5 times. Enter also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 118.
Meanwhile, Tonopah Valley put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Parker 24-22. The 24-point effort marked the Phoenix's lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
A big part of Tonopah Valley's win came down to the chemistry between Sir-Izzik S?nchez Caldwell and his top target Najea Cooper. S?nchez Caldwell threw for 152 yards and a touchdown while Cooper picked up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown. Cooper's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 105 receiving yards. Konner Bruner got in on the action as well, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Tonopah Valley pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.3 points per game. As for Arizona Lutheran Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Arizona Lutheran Academy has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 331.2 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Tonopah Valley has preferred to attack from the air: they average 311.5 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Arizona Lutheran Academy came up short against Tonopah Valley in their previous meeting back in October, falling 30-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of S?nchez Caldwell, who threw for 378 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt. Now that Arizona Lutheran Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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