The Marana Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Millennium Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Marana is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Desert Vista, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Marana was ranked second). Marana blew past Desert Vista 42-13 on Wednesday. With that victory, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 25.9 points per game.
A big part of Marana's win came down to the chemistry between Ella Joplin and her top target Sadie Brown. Joplin threw for 400 yards and six touchdowns while completing 73.5% of her passes while Brown picked up 172 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Brown showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 65 yards. Malaysia Roebuck was another key player, picking up 61 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Marana's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Desert Vista's QB won't forget Nami Singer anytime soon given she sacked her three times. Singer has been hot recently, having posted three or more sacks the last three times she's played.
Meanwhile, Millennium entered their tilt with Desert Ridge on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Jaguars as they made off with a 28-3 victory.
Millennium didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Andrea Carmona, Breana Saunders, and Jaiya Davis picked up one apiece.
Millennium's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-3. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.1 points per game. As for Marana, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-1.
Marana was able to grind out a solid win over Millennium in their previous matchup back in October, winning 24-17. Will Marana repeat their success, or does Millennium have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
