The third road matchup was the charm for Marcos de Niza, as they earned their first road win of the season. They blew past the Apache Junction Prospectors 40-19 on Thursday. The Padres have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Prospectors, too.
Jaeden Lott had a dynamite game for Marcos de Niza, throwing for 254 yards and a touchdown while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 70 yards on only six carries. Another player making a difference was Demetrius Davis, who rushed for 34 yards and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Marcos de Niza's defense and their six sacks. Leading the way was Elian Pichardo with two.
Despite the loss, Apache Junction still got an impressive performance from Aiden Deleon, who rushed for 160 yards on only ten carries, and also threw for 180 yards and a touchdown on only 15 passes. Deleon got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 96 yards.
Marcos de Niza's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Apache Junction, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.
Marcos de Niza has already played their next game, a 62-7 loss against Verrado on the 10th. As for Apache Junction, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Coconino at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Coconino's defense has only allowed 14.5 points per game this season, so Apache Junction's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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