The Odyssey Institute Minotaur will challenge the Tempe Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Odyssey Institute will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Odyssey Institute's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Youngker on Friday. They were beaten by the Roughriders 37-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tempe). They managed a 48-44 victory over Carl Hayden Community on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Buffaloes.
Tempe can attribute much of their success to Arthur Murphy, who picked up 126 receiving yards and four touchdowns, and Saul Mendez, who threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Murphy was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield on a catch that went for 58 yards. Dereon Richardson helped Mendez out on the ground, rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 35 receiving yards.
Odyssey Institute's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Tempe, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Odyssey Institute came up short against Tempe when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 44-33. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mendez, who threw for 265 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt. Now that Odyssey Institute knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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