The Heritage Academy Heroes will take on the Mission Heights Prep Phantoms at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Heritage Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.2 points per game this season.
Heritage Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Imagine Prep, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Heritage Academy was ranked 14th). Heritage Academy fell 20-8 to Imagine Prep last Saturday. Having soared to a lofty 54 points in the game before, the Heroes couldn't push the score so high this time.
The losing side was boosted by Ethan Cahall, who rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Mission Heights Prep entered their match against Heritage Academy on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Mission Heights Prep had to suffer through a 60-24 loss at the hands of Heritage Academy. The loss continues a trend for the Phantoms in their matchups with the Heroes: they've now lost seven in a row.
Heritage Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Mission Heights Prep, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything came up roses for Heritage Academy against Mission Heights Prep in their previous meeting back in September, as the squad secured a 34-0 victory. Will Heritage Academy repeat their success, or does Mission Heights Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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