It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cactus can now relate to. They took a 28-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Desert Edge Scorpions on Friday. The Cobras' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
When it comes to explaining why Cactus lost, don't look at Antonio Casias. Despite the final result, he threw for 165 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 78 yards. That's the most rushing yards Casias has posted since back in October. A healthy portion of Casias' aerial production (97 yards to be exact) went to Julian (Juju) Stubblefield.
Even though they lost, Cactus was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Desert Edge only rushed for 112.
Desert Edge found their leader in sophomore Blake Roskopf, who threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes, and also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Malakai Moala, who picked up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Cactus' loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4. As for Desert Edge, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
As of now, neither Cactus nor Desert Edge have any future games scheduled.
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