The ALA - Queen Creek Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Basha Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with ALA - Queen Creek sitting on four straight victories and Basha on seven.
ALA - Queen Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Desert Mountain with a 20-14 win.
Brandon Brown was his usual excellent self, rushing for 106 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 31 receiving yards. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 105 rushing yards. Britt Dewitt was another key player, having thrown for 295 yards and onetouchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to ALA - Queen Creek's defense and their 4.5 sacks. Ryder Agne was especially locked on to Desert Mountain's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Desert Mountain's side was Brody Michael, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Basha faced Horizon in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Basha put the hurt on Horizon with a sharp 36-14 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won six games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Basha to victory, but perhaps none more so than Broderick Vehrs, who threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Roberts, who rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Basha pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.0 points per game. As for ALA - Queen Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
ALA - Queen Creek came up short against Basha in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 38-31. Thankfully for ALA - Queen Creek, Demond Williams Jr. (who threw for 376 yards and four touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes, and also rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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