The Queen Creek Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the Desert Ridge Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Queen Creek: 11.8, Desert Ridge: 12.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
Queen Creek took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Williams Field, posting a 34-6 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 28 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Desert Ridge faced Highland in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Desert Ridge took a 24-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Highland. While the Jaguars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Hawks 7-0 in the first quarter.
Although Desert Ridge took the loss, they still got scores from Kenzie Olson and Lexi Harper.
Even if they lost, Desert Ridge's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. In that department, Kaylin Schurger was the leader with three. She also made ten total tackles, which is notable because Desert Ridge is 2-1 when she posts at least three total tackles, but 4-5 otherwise.
Queen Creek's win bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Desert Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Queen Creek suffered a grim 20-0 defeat to Desert Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harper, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 148 yards while completing 71.4% of her passes. Now that Queen Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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