After eight games on the road, Desert Mountain is heading back home. They will host the Mountain Pointe Pride at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Desert Mountain focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Wednesday.
Desert Mountain is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Canyon View on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Desert Mountain was beaten by Canyon View 53-6. The Wolves were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 39-6.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain Pointe). They claimed a resounding 54-7 victory over Notre Dame Prep on the road. The Pride might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 39 points or more this season.
Amaya Moreno continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 450 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 63 yards and a touchdown. Moriah Green was Moreno's top target, picking up 208 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mountain Pointe didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Noreal Sparks and Jordynn Carriere.
Desert Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Mountain Pointe, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.
Desert Mountain took a serious blow against Mountain Pointe when the teams last played on October 1st, falling 41-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Moreno, who threw for 277 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of her passes, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. Now that Desert Mountain knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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