The Palo Verde Panthers will face off against the Southeast Career Tech Roadrunners at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Palo Verde is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Coronado, who was ranked 18th at the time (Palo Verde was ranked fourth). Palo Verde welcomed the New Year with a 12-6 victory over Coronado.
The critical scores for Palo Verde came from Alexis Manzo and Alexis Lunkwitz.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Palo Verde's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Madeline West and Makyra Ritter, who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, while Southeast Career Tech put up plenty of points on Thursday, the same can't be said for Rancho. Southeast Career Tech breezed by Rancho to the tune of 38-0. Considering the Roadrunners have won eight games by more than 19 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Southeast Career Tech is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.1 points per game. As for Palo Verde, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
Palo Verde was able to grind out a solid victory over Southeast Career Tech in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, winning 12-0. Will Palo Verde repeat their success, or does Southeast Career Tech have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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