The Dobson Mustangs will take on the Ironwood Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Dobson has given up an average of 28.4 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Dobson is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against McClintock on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Mustangs lost 42-22 to the Chargers. The defeat continues a trend for the Mustangs in their meetings with the Chargers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Ironwood ended up a good deal behind Goldwater on Friday and lost 37-21. The Eagles were down 29-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Dobson will have to keep a close watch on Gianni Garcia and Ramsey Pyne, a pair of players who had a big impact on Ironwood's prior game. Garcia rushed for 67 yards and one touchdown on only six carries, while Pyne picked up 85 receiving yards and one TD.
Ironwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Chase Tafoya picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game. Another thorn in Goldwater's side was Demari Frazier, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Ironwood's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Dobson, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
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