Casteel has won four straight games at home, while Hamilton has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Casteel Colts will host the Hamilton Huskies at 6:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Hamilton's offense is going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Casteel hadn't allowed a single point the last three times they've hit the field. Casteel blew past Chandler 35-0 on Tuesday. Given the Colts' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Wolves are ranked 58th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Casteel found their leader in freshman Lacie Nemchick, who threw for 245 yards and five touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 39 yards. Another player making a difference was Audrina Wenze- Atencio, who gained 142 total yards and a touchdown.
Casteel's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. In that department, Reese Conrad was the leader with two sacks.
Meanwhile, Hamilton never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They breezed by Perry to the tune of 27-0. The result was nothing new for the Huskies, who have now won nine games by 27 points or more so far this season.
Casteel has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. As for Hamilton, their win bumped their record up to 11-0.
Casteel suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to Hamilton when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hamilton's Samaya Taylor-Jenkins, who picked up 122 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that Casteel knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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