The ALA - Queen Creek Patriots will challenge the Corona del Sol Aztecs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Corona del Sol took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on ALA - Queen Creek, who comes in off a win.
ALA - Queen Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Mountain View, who was ranked eighth at the time (ALA - Queen Creek was ranked 13th). The Patriots sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 24-22 win over the Toros on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Patriots, who have now won three matchups in a row.
Bobby Nesbit
| 10/24/25 vs Mountain View | 151 |
| 09/05/25 @ Red Mountain | 144 |
| 08/29/24 @ Saguaro | 118 |
| 08/28/25 vs Hamilton | 105 |
| 09/12/25 @ Chandler | 104 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead ALA - Queen Creek to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bobby Nesbit, who rushed for 151 yards and one score while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. Those 151 rushing yards gave Nesbit a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Britton Dewitt, who threw for 179 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something ALA - Queen Creek proved: they limited Mountain View to a paltry 1.7 yards per carry. While seven picked up at least one total tackle, Khalil Bender stood above the rest. He picked up 75 receiving yards and one TD. ALA - Queen Creek's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.04 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 5.53 on average over their last five games.
ALA - Queen Creek's defense didn't let Brady Goodman, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for four sacks. Leading the way was Talan Scott with three.
Meanwhile, Corona del Sol lost 35-14 to Casteel on Friday. The Aztecs haven't had much luck with the Colts recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
ALA - Queen Creek's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Corona del Sol, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 3-5.
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