The Ironwood Eagles lost against the Willow Canyon Wildcats back in November of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Ironwood took a 15-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Willow Canyon. Ironwood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Conner Crane threw for 131 yards and a touchdown. Adian Jones was his top target, picking up 84 receiving yards and a touchdown. On the ground, Khavontae Paul rushed for 32 yards.
Willow Canyon can attribute much of their success to Skyler Moreno, who rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry.
Ironwood's loss was their third straight on the road , which bumped their record down to 2-8. Sadly, the team can't blame their woes on tough opposition, as that stretch included 2-8 Willow Canyon and 3-7 Verrado (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 36.7% over those games). As for Willow Canyon, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-8.
Ironwood will take on Apollo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Apollo is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games. As for Willow Canyon, they will head out on the road to face off against Goldwater at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
