The Desert Ridge Jaguars are taking a road trip to take on the Gilbert Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Desert Ridge's offense hasn't had much luck over their past three contests, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Desert Ridge's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Highland on Tuesday. They took a blow against the Hawks, falling 41-0. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona flag football rankings (they are ranked 55th, while the Hawks are ranked third).
Meanwhile, Gilbert's game on Tuesday was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 21-16 hit to the loss column at the hands of Queen Creek.
Desert Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Gilbert, the loss was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 10-4.
Desert Ridge couldn't quite get it done against Gilbert in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 as they fell 13-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Tigers' Lilah Barton, who threw for 195 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 76.9% of her passes, and also rushed for 38 yards. Now that the Jaguars know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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