The San Tan Foothills Sabercats will face off against the ALA - Ironwood Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
San Tan Foothills is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Crismon on Friday. They came up short against the Rattlers, falling 28-7.
Meanwhile, ALA - Ironwood humbled Tempe with a 48-14 victory. Considering the Warriors have won five matchups by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ayden Williams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 345 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Malachi Gomez, who rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: ALA - Ironwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 444 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tempe only rushed for 48.
ALA - Ironwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Porter Lee and Marques Dorsey.
San Tan Foothills has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for ALA - Ironwood, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
San Tan Foothills suffered a grim 36-14 defeat to ALA - Ironwood when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Williams, who rushed for 365 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry. Now that San Tan Foothills knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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