The Mesa Jackrabbits will square off against the Casteel Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mesa's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Dobson's usually-dominant defense. Mesa simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Dobson 41-7 at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 31-0.
Mesa found their leader in underclassman Rio Arnett, who rushed for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Those 85 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Arnett. Griffin Yamamoto also helped out with an impressive 123 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Casteel). They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 45-6 victory over Mountain Ridge. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Colts have posted since September 15, 2023.
It was another big night for Paul Palmer, who threw for 203 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.2 passing touchdowns per game. Isaiah Linyear was another key player, rushing for 138 yards on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Casteel was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
The victory got Mesa back to even at 2-2. As for Casteel, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
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