The Coconino Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Prescott Badgers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Coconino comes in on four and Prescott on 14.
On Saturday, Coconino needed a bit of extra time to put away Mesquite. They snuck past the Wildcats with a 13-7 victory. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Panthers were the better team in the second half.
One reason for the win was Coconino's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Wylan Smith.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Prescott had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Chargers a 10-0 shutout.
Coconino is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.0 points per game. As for Prescott, they pushed their record up to 14-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home.
Coconino couldn't quite finish off Prescott in their previous meeting back in October and fell 17-14. Can Coconino avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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