The Mountain Pointe Pride will challenge the Casteel Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Mountain Pointe ended up a good deal behind Cathedral Catholic and lost 27-13. The Pride were down 27-3 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
The losing side was boosted by Robert Knorr, who threw for 235 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Casteel faced Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Casteel and Queen Creek were almost perfectly matched up, but Casteel suffered a 39-38 defeat. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Colts still had to take the loss.
Casteel might have lost, but man, Paul Palmer was a machine: he threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. That's the most total yards Palmer has posted since back in September of 2023. Casteel also got a significant boost from Isaiah Linyear, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 82 yards.
Mountain Pointe's record is now 1-1. As for Casteel, their record is now 1-1.
Mountain Pointe took a serious blow against Casteel in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, falling 43-6. Thankfully for Mountain Pointe, Landon Jury (who rushed for 95 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 156 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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