For the first time this season, South Mountain will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will head out on the road to challenge the Camelback Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Mountain comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
South Mountain's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Verrado on Friday. They had to suffer through a 55-0 loss at the hands of the Vipers. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Vipers are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, Camelback played a tough matchup on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 35-0 to Canyon View, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Camelback's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for South Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-5.
South Mountain suffered a grim 33-9 defeat to Camelback in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Spartans' Angel Neria, who rushed for 330 yards, and also threw for 170 yards on 11 of 17 attempts. Now that the Jaguars know 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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