The Paradise Honors Panthers will square off against the Mohave Thunderbirds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Paradise Honors is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Kofa 62-14 on Friday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Kings are ranked 202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Preston Brown was his usual excellent self, picking up 149 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 66 yards and a touchdown. Those 66 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Paradise Honors also got a significant boost from Charles Vandyke, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 104 yards.
Paradise Honors was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 360 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 69.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 164.2.
Paradise Honors wouldn't let Kofa keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Caden Wasden was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also made four total tackles, which is notable because Paradise Honors is 4-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 2-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Mohave entered their tilt with Sabino on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Sabercats 41-7. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Mohave's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Anthony Moses led the charge by picking up 98 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Triston Urias was another key player, rushing for 40 yards and a touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Mohave's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Sabino's QB won't forget Gage Maynes anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
Mohave's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.6 points per game. As for Paradise Honors, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Paradise Honors beat Mohave 34-27 when the teams last played back in August. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mohave's Joe Yoney JR, who rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also threw for 41 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Paradise Honors still be able to contain Yoney JR? There's only one way to find out.
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