The Desert Sunrise Golden Hawks will square off against the Eastmark Firebirds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Desert Sunrise is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Desert Sunrise is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Arcadia on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Desert Sunrise was beaten by Arcadia 41-12. While losing is never fun, the Golden Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Titans are ranked 33rd).
Although Desert Sunrise took the loss, they still got scores from Zamari Mccoy-Denton and Tabari Crawford.
Meanwhile, Eastmark entered their game against Poston Butte on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Eastmark took an 18-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Poston Butte. With that defeat, the Firebirds now have a three game overall losing streak to go with their drought on the road.
Desert Sunrise's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Eastmark, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-4.
Desert Sunrise took a serious blow against Eastmark when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 58-6. Can Desert Sunrise avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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