The Red Mountain Mountain Lions's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Hamilton Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Red Mountain: 6.1, Hamilton: 4.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
Red Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Marana, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Red Mountain was ranked eighth). Red Mountain took a 28-14 bruising from Marana last Tuesday.
Although Red Mountain took the loss, they still got scores from Da'Koreyauna Roberts and Trisha Stine-Groves.
Meanwhile, Hamilton put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 41-0 win over Gilbert. Hamilton's victory was all the more impressive since the Tigers were averaging only 14.33 points allowed on the season.
A big part of Hamilton's win came down to the chemistry between Marlie Phillips and her top target Samaya Taylor-Jenkins. Phillips threw for 352 yards and six touchdowns while completing 77.4% of her passes while Taylor-Jenkins picked up 218 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, Taylor-Jenkins is now averaging an impressive 2.2 receiving touchdowns per game.
Hamilton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gabby Orozco and Michaiah Grant.
Red Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Hamilton, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Red Mountain barely slipped by Hamilton in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 7-6. Will Red Mountain repeat their success, or does Hamilton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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