The Marana Tigers will challenge the Arizona College Prep Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Marana is looking to tack on another W to their 12-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Marana is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Basha, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Marana was ranked first). Marana was just a hair shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 21-20 to Basha. That makes it the first time this season the Tigers have let down their home crowd.
Marana's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Malaysia Roebuck, who picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Ella Joplin, who threw for 305 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of her passes. Roebuck also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making six total tackles and defending a pass. Adrian Griffin made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Marana didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Griffin picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Arizona College Prep waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 23-10 win over the Chargers.
The loss snapped Marana's losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-1 record. As for Arizona College Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
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