Willcox is 7-2 against Tombstone since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Willcox Cowboys will be playing at home against the Tombstone Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. Willcox will be strutting in after a win while Tombstone will be coming in after a loss.
Willcox is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 65-12 victory over Santa Rita. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cowboys considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Willcox found their leader in underclassman Kaleb Cooke, who rushed for 72 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Cooke a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Willcox was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 309 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in five consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Willcox's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Landon Ward and Remington Todd.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 34 points the game before, Tombstone was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They fell just short of Benson by a score of 14-12.
The losing side was boosted by Jabari Thomas, who picked up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win got Willcox back to even at 2-2. As for Tombstone, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-2.
Willcox skirted past Tombstone 23-20 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Does Willcox have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tombstone turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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