The Boulder Creek Jaguars will challenge the O'Connor Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Boulder Creek is coming into the matchup on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight wins. They slipped by West Point 7-6 on Saturday.
Boulder Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 83.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 209.7.
Boulder Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Madeline Kouvelas and Abigail Prue. Prue also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Another thorn in West Point's side was Sophia Davidson, who picked up three sacks and made eight total tackles.
Meanwhile, O'Connor faced Coconino in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. O'Connor won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Coconino 21-20. The victory was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on nine straight.
The critical scores for O'Connor came from Zaphira Quintero, Ava Hannosh, and Kylie Pruitt.
Boulder Creek's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for O'Connor, they pushed their record up to 12-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Boulder Creek came up short against O'Connor in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 21-14. Can Boulder Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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