It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Arizona College Prep had no problem doing just that on Friday. They breezed by the Snowflake Lobos to the tune of 59-21. Considering the Knights have won ten contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Max Sasso had a dynamite game for Arizona College Prep, rushing for 127 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Sasso's longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Evan Heinrich, who threw for 206 yards and a touchdown while completing 84.2% of his passes.
Arizona College Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Snowflake lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kanton Turley, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Turley a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob LaDuke, who rushed for 77 yards.
Arizona College Prep's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.4 points per game. As for Snowflake, their loss was their first of the season and also makes their record 12-1.
Arizona College Prep will welcome Mica Mountain at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Mica Mountain will roll in looking for their 14th straight win, something Arizona College Prep surely won't give up without a fight. Snowflake does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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