The Millennium Tigers will face off against the Desert Edge Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Millennium is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Horizon on Friday. They were dealt a 38-8 defeat at the hands of the Huskies. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Huskies recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Desert Edge). Everything went their way against Sunnyslope on Friday as Desert Edge made off with a 38-14 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Scorpions just coasted through the last quarter.
Desert Edge relied on the efforts of Elijah Sherbin-Fox, who threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and Abnel Lazzerini, who gained 168 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Lazzerini a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was David Cabrera, who gained 83 total yards and a touchdown.
Millennium now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Desert Edge, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-3.
Millennium took a serious blow against Desert Edge in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 41-14. Will Millennium have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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