The Chaparral Cowboys will challenge the Canyon Springs Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Chaparral sitting on four straight victories and Canyon Springs on three.
Chaparral's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They walked away with a 9-0 win over Valley.
Meanwhile, Canyon Springs posted their biggest victory since October 26, 2023 on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Del Sol 41-14 on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Pioneers just coasted through the last quarter.
Bakari Wilson went supernova for Canyon Springs, rushing for 193 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Wilson's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards. Tysean Mccraney was another key player, throwing for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only six passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Canyon Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Chaparral's record is now 4-2. As for Canyon Springs, they pushed their record up to 3-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Chaparral suffered a grim 40-14 defeat to Canyon Springs in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mccraney, who threw for 129 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 6-for-6 passing. Now that Chaparral knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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