The Centennial Coyotes will challenge the Mountain View Toros at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Centennial sitting on three straight wins and Mountain View on ten.
Centennial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Queen Creek with a 37-32 victory. 37 seems to be a good number for the Coyotes as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Owen Reynoso and Kainan Manna were among the main playmakers for Centennial as the former rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries and the latter rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Manna has posted since back in September.
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 13 points in total. All those points came courtesy of Aaron Alvarez: he added nine points with three field goals, and another four kicking extra points.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Centennial's defensive line and their 8.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Taurean Hall and Alvarez, who racked up four sacks between them. Alvarez is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last ten games he's played.
Meanwhile, Mountain View faced Brophy College Prep in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. In a tight game that could have gone either way, Mountain View made off with a 28-27 victory over Brophy College Prep. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Toros were the better team in the second half.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Brady Goodman and Case Vanden Bosch. Goodman had a great game and threw for 348 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Vanden Bosch was balling out in the loss, throwing for 322 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 53 yards and a touchdown.
Mountain View pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 39 points. As for Centennial, their record now sits at 6-7.
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