Pinnacle is 1-6 against Centennial since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pinnacle Pioneers are on the road again to play the Centennial Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pinnacle will head into Friday's game on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against O'Connor on Friday. Pinnacle claimed a resounding 62-14 win over O'Connor. The Pioneers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Wyatt Horton was his usual excellent self, throwing for 271 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 70 yards. Jai Ewing got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Pinnacle didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Xavier Thomas, Ewing, and Brayden Fricke picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Centennial against Chaparral on Friday as the team secured a 49-3 victory. The matchup marked the Coyotes' most dominant win of the season.
Centennial can attribute much of their success to Kainan Manna, who threw for 186 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Nikko Boncore-Montoya, who picked up 135 receiving yards.
Centennial's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB seven times. Gavin Gardner was especially locked on to Chaparral's QB and sacked him 3.5 times.
Pinnacle's record is now 5-3. As for Centennial, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 3-5 record this season.
Pinnacle might still be hurting after the 31-6 loss they got from Centennial in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Pinnacle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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