The Chaparral Firebirds will take on the Mountain Pointe Pride at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Chaparral has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Mountain Pointe will come in with five straight victories.
Chaparral is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Notre Dame Prep on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Chaparral was dealt a 40-12 loss at the hands of Notre Dame Prep.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain Pointe). They breezed by Desert Mountain to the tune of 55-0 on Tuesday. The Pride might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 39 points or more this season.
A big part of Mountain Pointe's win came down to the chemistry between Amaya Moreno and her top target Moriah Green. Moreno threw for 501 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 17.3 yards per attempt while Green picked up 329 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Moreno is now averaging an impressive 314.8 passing yards per game.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Mountain Pointe's defense and their five sacks. Leading the way was Naeemah Lendsey with four.
Chaparral's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Mountain Pointe, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Chaparral was taken down by Mountain Pointe 39-0 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moreno, who threw for 434 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.1% of her passes, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. Now that Chaparral knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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