The Ponderosa Mustangs will head out to face off against the Heritage Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither Ponderosa nor Heritage posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Ponderosa's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Regis Jesuit on Thursday. The game between them and the Raiders wasn't particularly close, with Ponderosa falling 19-0.
Meanwhile, Heritage faced Legend in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Heritage took a hard 26-10 fall against Legend. Despite 225 more yards than the Titans, the Eagles couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Despite the defeat, Heritage got top-tier performance from Abby Nichols, who threw for 249 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 115 yards on only 13 carries. Nichols has become a key player for Heritage: the team is 5-2 when she posts at least 80 rushing yards, but 1-4 otherwise. A healthy portion of that aerial production (147 yards to be exact) went to Avalon Lux-Offerman.
Ponderosa's loss dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Heritage, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-6.
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