On Friday Bourgade Catholic will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Tempe Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Bourgade Catholic's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Gilbert Christian on Friday. They took a blow against the Knights, falling 53-0. While losing is never fun, the Golden Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Knights are ranked 96th).
Meanwhile, a victory for Tempe just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 48-14 loss at the hands of ALA - Ironwood. The Buffaloes were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-6.
Although Tempe took the loss, they still got scores from Saul Mendez and Felipe Dominguez.
Bourgade Catholic's loss was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Tempe, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Bourgade Catholic took a serious blow against Tempe in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 58-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mendez, who threw for 226 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that Bourgade Catholic knows 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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