After each having a week off, the ALA - Gilbert North Eagles and the Higley Knights will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. ALA - Gilbert North will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, ALA - Gilbert North humbled Skyline with a 42-13 victory. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won three contests by 29 points or more so far this season.
Conner White went supernova for ALA - Gilbert North, throwing for 184 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 48 yards and a touchdown. Cam Shepard was another key player, picking up 74 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Higley faced Cactus Shadows in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. Higley snuck past Cactus Shadows with a 56-50 win. The Knights' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Luke Haugo and Donivan C Dixon. Haugo had a great game and threw for 380 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, C Dixon was balling out in the loss, rushing for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also throwing for 226 yards and two touchdowns.
ALA - Gilbert North's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Higley, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 4-1.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. ALA - Gilbert North has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 160 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Higley has preferred to attack from the air: they average 286.4 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
ALA - Gilbert North suffered a grim 49-29 defeat to Higley in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Haugo, who threw for 258 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that ALA - Gilbert North knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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