The San Tan Foothills Sabercats will square off against the San Tan Charter Roadrunners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, San Tan Foothills was able to grind out a solid win over Tempe, taking the game 44-34.
Holden Mikeworth had a dynamite game for San Tan Foothills, rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns.
San Tan Foothills wouldn't let Tempe keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force six fumbles. Taten Rivero led the group effort, picking up four of those forced fumbles all by himself. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.5 sacks per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Tan Foothills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 214 rushing yards in five consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, San Tan Charter was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Shadow Mountain 51-16 at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Roadrunners.
San Tan Foothills' victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for San Tan Charter, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0.
San Tan Foothills and San Tan Charter were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but San Tan Foothills suffered an agonizing 48-47 defeat. Thankfully for San Tan Foothills, Zayden Neill (who threw for 490 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 68 yards on only nine carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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