The Shadow Mountain Matadors will square off against the Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Shadow Mountain had been on a four-game streak of scoring at least 31 points, but Scottsdale Preparatory Academy put an end to it on Friday. Shadow Mountain took a hard 25-10 fall against Scottsdale Preparatory Academy. The Matadors' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
The losing side was boosted by Sean Collins, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 110 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Scottsdale Christian Academy). They blew past Madison Highland Prep 68-0 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won four games by 30 points or more so far this season.
Sean Helgeson went supernova for Scottsdale Christian Academy, throwing for 146 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 65 yards. Helgeson has become a key player for Scottsdale Christian Academy: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise. Aiden Giannopoulos got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Scottsdale Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Caleb Murphy and Giannopoulos.
Shadow Mountain now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Scottsdale Christian Academy, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-4.
Shadow Mountain was dealt a bruising 42-6 loss at the hands of Scottsdale Christian Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Shadow Mountain, Andrew Trapp (who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 68 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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