On Friday, Mountain View faced Saguaro in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Mountain View Toros claimed a resounding 57-27 victory over the Saguaro Sabercats at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-21.
Brady Goodman was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 172 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Talan Arnett was Goodman's top target, picking up 115 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mountain View's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Tavita Ta'Ase and Jasper Lake. Another thorn in Saguaro's side was Tom Pau'U, who picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Despite the loss, Saguaro saw an underclassman step up: Zealand Danielson threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown. 100 of those passing yards were hauled in by Mason Whitaker.
The win made it two in a row for Mountain View and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Saguaro, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mountain View will square off against Liberty at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Saguaro, they will challenge Basha at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
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