The San Tan Foothills Sabercats are taking a road trip to take on the Apache Junction Prospectors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-13, which was the final score in San Tan Foothills' tilt against Florence on Friday. The Sabercats were down 28-7 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, Apache Junction was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They fell to Goldwater 45-40.
Despite the loss, Apache Junction got top-tier performance from Aiden Deleon, who rushed for 84 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 215 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.2% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Deleon has posted since back in September of 2023.
This is the second loss in a row for San Tan Foothills and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Apache Junction, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
San Tan Foothills was taken down by Apache Junction 51-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Deleon, who threw for 209 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown. Now that San Tan Foothills knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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