The Mountain Pointe Pride will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Desert Mountain Wolves at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Pointe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.3 points per game this season.
Mountain Pointe is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Notre Dame Prep 54-7 on the road on Wednesday. The Pride might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 39 points or more this season.
Mountain Pointe found their leader in underclassman Amaya Moreno, who threw for 450 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown. Those 450 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Moreno. Moriah Green was Moreno's top target, picking up 208 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mountain Pointe didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Noreal Sparks and Jordynn Carriere.
Meanwhile, a win for Desert Mountain just wasn't in the cards on Wednesday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Canyon View 53-6. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 11th).
Mountain Pointe's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Desert Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Everything came up roses for Mountain Pointe against Desert Mountain in their previous meeting on October 1st, as the squad secured a 41-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Pointe since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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