On Tuesday, Highland faced Desert Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Highland Hawks came out on top against the Desert Ridge Jaguars by a score of 24-14. Winning may never get old, but the Hawks sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Alexis Eley was her usual excellent self, throwing for 219 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78% of her passes, and also rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown. Those 75 rushing yards gave her a new career-high.
Highland's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. In that department, Kylie Riggs was the leader with two sacks. She is on a roll when it comes to sacks, as she's now posted two or more in the last four games she's played.
Although Desert Ridge took the loss, they still got scores from Kenzie Olson and Lexi Harper.
Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Desert Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Highland will head out to square off against Gilbert at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gilbert is on a four-game streak of home wins, Highland a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Desert Ridge, they will welcome Queen Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Queen Creek's defense has only allowed 11.8 points per game this season, so Desert Ridge's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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