Arizona College Prep has won seven straight games at home, while Mica Mountain has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Arizona College Prep Knights will host the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts at 4:00 p.m. Arizona College Prep knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past 12 matchups -- so hopefully Mica Mountain likes a good challenge.
Arizona College Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Snowflake 59-21. Considering the Knights have won ten matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Evan Heinrich and Jacob LaDuke. Heinrich had a solid game and threw for 206 yards and a touchdown while completing 84.2% of his passes. Meanwhile, LaDuke did his best for the losing side, rushing for 77 yards, while also throwing for 94 yards and a touchdown.
Arizona College Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Mica Mountain gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 24-14 win over Yuma Catholic.
Jordan Perry and Jimmy Leon were among the main playmakers for Mica Mountain as the former rushed for 105 yards on only 13 carries and the latter picked up 26 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Leon was even better on defense, picking up two sacks and making four total tackles. Riley Carson did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 81 receiving yards.
Mica Mountain's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. The heavy lifting was done by Leon and Shangkat Jwander, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Arizona College Prep's victory bumped their record up to 12-1. As for Mica Mountain, their win bumped their record up to 13-0.
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