The Cactus Cobras will challenge the Snowflake Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Cactus is headed out to face Snowflake after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Cactus blew past Sunnyslope 52-14 at home on Friday. With the Cobras ahead 32-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Antonio Casias was a one-man wrecking crew for Cactus as he threw for 266 yards and four touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. 110 of those passing yards were hauled in by Julian (JuJu) Stubblefield, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cactus was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Snowflake got the win against Bradshaw Mountain on Friday by a conclusive 47-27. The Lobos pushed the score to 41-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears cut but never quite recovered from.
Snowflake found their leader in underclassman Jacob LaDuke, who rushed for 83 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 104 yards and a touchdown on only nine passes. Another player making a difference was Karter Raban, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Snowflake's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Wyatt Johnson was the leader with two. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up two sacks and made two total tackles.
Cactus came out on top in a nail-biter against Snowflake in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 20-17. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Raban, who rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cactus still be able to contain Raban? There's only one way to find out.
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