The Mesa Jackrabbits will face off against the Casteel Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mesa's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Dobson's usually-dominant defense. Mesa really took it to Dobson for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-7 victory at home. With the Jackrabbits ahead 31-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Mesa found their leader in underclassman Rio Arnett, who rushed for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Those 85 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Arnett. Griffin Yamamoto did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 123 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Casteel). They blew past Mountain Ridge, posting a 45-6 win at home. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Colts have posted since September 15, 2023.
Paul Palmer was his usual excellent self, throwing for 203 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 58 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.2 passing touchdowns per game. Isaiah Linyear was another key player, rushing for 138 yards on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Casteel was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
The win got Mesa back to even at 2-2. As for Casteel, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
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