Games of the Week

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Take a look at some of the top games of the week: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Pinnacle @ Chaparral </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pinnacle is one of the hottest teams in the state right now rolling in with a 4-1 record. Their explosive offense with the 3 headed monster with [player_tooltip player_id='42949' first='Duce' last='Robinson'], [player_tooltip player_id='165887' first='Myles' last='Libman'], and [player_tooltip player_id='368975' first='Wyatt' last='Horton'] has been a nightmare for defenses to contain. They're fresh off a 48-0 win over Valley Vista. Chaparral enters the contest 3-3 but is playing much better than .500. Two of their three losses were within one score in back to back hard fought games against Mountain View and Desert Mountain. Chap will compete with nearly anyone, and they'll have a huge test this week with a lot on line. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Centennial @ O'Connor</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Centennial enters the contest 4-1 and definitely look te part through the miday point. They're fresh off a 24-22 win over Williams Field last week, with their lone loss coming against Hamilton 14-38 during week 1. O'connor is another tough squad that enters this one 4-1 with their lone loss coming at Saguaro 3-47 a few weeks back. They're fresh off a close win last week over Milllennium, and will have a compeitive test ahead of them on Friday night. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/oc_football/status/1579632318343712769?s=20u0026t=OslNnpjxHEqA6NLsPYXzcw","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/oc_football/status/1579632318343712769?s=20&amp;t=OslNnpjxHEqA6NLsPYXzcw </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Arcadia @ Marcos de Niza</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Arcadia comes in with a 3-2 rcord and they are fresh off 2 losses with a blowout loss last week at Desert Mountain, so I expect them to come in fired up and play with a chip on their shoulder to avoid dropping their 3rd straight. It not going to be easy, as Marcos de Niza has been absolutely rolling through thir opponetns with a 5-0 record at the midway point. They havent really had a close game either, blowing out all 5 opponents while their defense has only surrendered 31 points all season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>ALA-Giblert North @ Snowflake </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>ALA-GN comes in 3-2 with two surprising losses to Eastmark and last week against ALA-Queen Creek. Not many people saw ALA-GN dropping 2 games, noneless any this season given how talented and explosive they are on offense. They'll head north to take on a familar 3A contender which they saw in the playoffs the past 2 years to avoid dropping loss #3. Snowflake is 4-1 and fresh off a 19-3 win over Bradshaw Mountain. Definitly an interesting matchup between two 4A contenders. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Thatcher @ Coolidge </h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thatcher comes in 7-0 and are playing some of their best football as of late. They've blown out everyone besides Eastmark (31-30) and Pusch Ridge (28-14) who are also two of the top teams in 3A. However, if there's any idea of a trap game, this is it. Coolidge is 3-4 and fresh off a 16-20 loss vs San Tan Foothills while now people are counting them out. This is a make or break game for coolidge in my opinion, and they are much more talented than their record shows. When yo're an undefeated team playing against a team that is deserpate for a win with an explosive QB like [player_tooltip player_id='127492' first='Gianni' last='Mascolino'], anything can happen. Big game over at collidge this Friday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->