Two dominant wideouts in Daryl Little and Anthony Cannon are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Thunderbird Titans will welcome the St. Mary's Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Thunderbird is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Northwest Christian on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Titans were outmatched by the Crusaders and fell 63-34. The loss was the Titans' first of the season.
JP Stewart put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 203 yards and two TDs on only 18 passes, and also punched in one score on the ground.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Peoria on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They and the Panthers were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 36-35 loss. The defeat continues a trend for the Knights in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.
Having lost for the first time this season, Thunderbird fell to 6-1. As for St. Mary's, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.
Thunderbird strolled past St. Mary's in their previous matchup back in November of 2024 by a score of 27-10. Do the Titans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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