After each having a week off, the ALA - Queen Creek Patriots and the Red Mountain Mountain Lions will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after six-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
ALA - Queen Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Mountain Pointe, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (ALA - Queen Creek was ranked fifth). ALA - Queen Creek's defense stepped up to hand Mountain Pointe a 17-0 shutout last Friday. The 17-point effort marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Brandon Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 182 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Those 182 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Kingston Mccabe did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 90 receiving yards.
ALA - Queen Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to ALA - Queen Creek's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ryder Agne and Brody Michael, who racked up five sacks between them. Michael is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Red Mountain didn't have too much trouble with Highland at home two weeks ago as they won 28-11.
It was another big night for Simon Lopez, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
ALA - Queen Creek pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Red Mountain, their record now sits at an identical 6-0.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. ALA - Queen Creek has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 166.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Red Mountain struggles in that department as they've been averaging 160.3. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
ALA - Queen Creek skirted past Red Mountain 17-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for ALA - Queen Creek since the squad 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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