The Estrella Foothills Wolves will square off against the Arizona College Prep Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Arizona College Prep is hoping to do what Mingus couldn't on Friday: put an end to Estrella Foothills' winning streak (dating back to last season), which now stands at eight games. Estrella Foothills took down Mingus 42-23. The Wolves pushed the score to 35-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Marauders cut but never quite recovered from.
Hone Wray went supernova for Estrella Foothills, throwing for 230 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Estrella Foothills also got a significant boost from AJ Horne, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Estrella Foothills was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 426 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mingus only gained 140.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Estrella Foothills' defense and their ten sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Xander Teeter and Dasan Guevara-Ponce who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Guevara-Ponce also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks, making eight total tackles (2.5 for loss), and defending a pass.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, Arizona College Prep made sure to put some points up on the board against Apache Junction on Friday. Arizona College Prep claimed a resounding 48-0 victory over Apache Junction on the road.
Alec Grant had a dynamite game for Arizona College Prep, rushing for 149 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Max Sasso was another major influence, as he rushed for 96 yards and ran in a TD.
Estrella Foothills pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Arizona College Prep, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Estrella Foothills came up short against Arizona College Prep when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 21-14. Can Estrella Foothills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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