Cactus Shadows is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Las Vegas. The Cactus Shadows Falcons enjoyed a cozy 48-34 win over the Las Vegas Wildcats. The 48-point effort marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Leading Cactus Shadows to victory were Donivan C Dixon and Andrew Muirhead. C Dixon threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75.8% of his passes, while Muirhead gained 248 total yards and a touchdown. Muirhead was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 69 yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (167 yards to be exact) went to Dillon Aspiras, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cactus Shadows was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 293 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 211 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Cactus Shadows' defensive line made their presence known, laying out Tanner Vibabul. six times. Tyler Wood was especially locked on to Las Vegas' QB and sacked him twice. Cactus Shadows got some further help from Marshall Lasater: he made 11 total tackles and defended a pass.
Las Vegas' loss came despite strong showings from Vibabul and Mychael Walker. Vibabul rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while Walker gained 195 total yards and two touchdowns. Those 137 rushing yards gave Vibabul a new career-high.
Cactus Shadows' record is now 5-1. As for Las Vegas, the loss snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cactus Shadows will square off against Desert Mountain at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Desert Mountain will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Cactus Shadows surely won't give up without a fight. As for Las Vegas, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Sunrise Mountain at 6:00 p.m. Sunrise Mountain is coming into the game with four straight defeats at home, meaning Las Vegas will have to defend against a team hungry for a win.
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