Week 2 Football Walk Through Aug. 30-31

August 28, 2019 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Williams Field's senior offensive front (from left) - Andrew Garcia, Cooper Darling, Adam Reid, Noah Nelson. Not pictured Luke Moustis and Josh Gale. The Black Hawks try to bounce back from opening loss to Norco CA with visit to Sunrise Mountain. (AzPreps365 photo).

All games Aug. 30 unless noted, result of last year's meeting follows each matchup

6A

Mesa (0-1) at Alhambra (0-1) - Both smarting from lopsided losses. Alhambra prevailed, 16-14

Chaparral (0-1) at Desert Mountain (0-1) - Chap's Jack Miller passed for 270 yards in opening loss to Hamilton; Chap won, 35-16

Westview (0-0) at Desert Ridge (0-1) - 28-7 1st-half deficit to Red Mountain doomed Desert Ridge. DRidge won, 23-17

Highland (1-0) at Hamilton (1-0) - Hamilton opened strong thumping Chap. Highland won lightning-delayed game, 49-28

Pinnacle (1-0) at Mountain Pointe (1-0) - Big game perhaps for Open Division ranking down the road. Pinnacle won, 56-34

Corona del Sol (1-0) at Mountain Ridge (1-0) - CDS QB Quade Swearingen 301 yards passing 3 TDs in opener. Teams were 1-19 last year. Each pulled off surprising wins in openers. CDS won, 19-14

Perry (0-1) at Mesa Mountain View (0-1) - MTV's demise in opener was poor 2nd half. Perry lost to Pinnacle. Perry won, 42-7

Chandler (1-0) at Queen Creek (1-0) - Chandler ventured out of state for win. Queen Creek routed Westwood. Chandler won, 49-21

Cesar Chavez (1-0) at Red Mountain (1-0) - Defending region champs, respectively, started strong. Red Mountain won, 34-7 

Dobson (0-1) at Salpointe Catholic (0-0) - Dobson bowed in opener to Shadow Ridge, 28-7. Salpointe won, 56-7

Basha (1-0) at Sandra Day O'Connor (1-0) - Better tests for both this week. Basha won, 17-13

Boulder Creek (0-0) at Skyline (0-1) - Skyline dropped its opener to Mountain Ridge. Boulder Creek won, 23-15

Brophy Prep (1-0) at Shadow Ridge (1-0) - BCP turned tables on Liberty in opener this year, 9-6. BCP won, 38-7

Westwood (0-1) at Valley Vista (0-0) - Westwood looks for better result this week. Valley Vista won,  28-21

Desert Vista (1-0) at Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks, CA (0-0) - Aug. 31 - Desert Vista beat Palm Springs for 2nd year in a row in its opener. DV and Notre Dame did not play last year

5A

Gilbert (0-1) at Cactus Shadows (1-0) - Gilbert overwhelmed early in opening loss to Mesquite. Gilbert won, 35-10.

Apollo (1-0) at Casteel (0-1) - Casteel strong showing in opening loss to Centennial. Casteel won, 60-24

Higley (0-1) at Horizon (1-0) - Higley thumped in opener by out-of-state power. Good test for both this week. Higley won, 38-31

McClintock (0-1) at Marcos de Niza (0-0) - McClintock fell in opener 33-21 to Maricopa. McClintock won, 20-6

Millennium (0-0) at Maricopa (1-0) - Maricopa faces a top-10 caliber foe this week. Millennium won, 26-21

Campo Verde (1-0) at Mesquite (1-0) - Both fared well in opening night wins. Tough intracity game. Campo Verde won, 25-22

Central (0-1) at Paradise Valley (0-0) - Paradise Valley enters season with high hopes. PV won, 50-8

Notre Dame Prep (1-0) at Sunnyslope (0-0) - NDP with solid showing in 49-6 rout of Betty Fairfax. NDP won, 41-27

Williams Field (0-1) at Sunrise Mountain (1-0) - WF lost opener again to tought CA power Norco.  WF won, 23-18

4A

Deer Valley (0-0) at Arcadia (1-0) - Arcadia won, 40-21

Shadow Mountain (0-0) at Bradshaw Mountain (0-1) - Bradshaw Mtn. won, 20-7

Combs (1-0) at Poston Butte (0-1) - Poston Butte won, 55-28

Seton Catholic (0-0) at St. Mary's (0-0) - 1st game back in 2nd stint as coach at Seton for Peter Wahlheim. Seton won, 39-21

Apache Junction (1-0) at Tempe (0-0) - Tempe won, 23-6

Saguaro (1-0) vs. Cathedral Catholic (CA) (1-0) - Aug. 31 - Teams did not play.

3A

American Leadership Gilbert (1-0) at American Leadership Ironwood (0-1) - ALA Gilbert won, 41-0

Snowflake (1-0) at Benjamin Franklin (1-0) - Benjamin Franklin won, 14-8

Arizona College Prep (1-0) at Coolidge (1-0) - Coolidge won, 46-0

Odyssey Institute (1-0) at Fountain Hills (0-1) - Odyssey Institute won, 41-13

Paradise Honors (0-0) at Gilbert Christian (0--1) - Paradise Honors won, 37-17

Santa Cruz Valley (0-0) at San Tan Foothills (0-1) - Santa Cruz Valley won, 26-0

American Leadership Queen Creek (1-0) at Thatcher (0-0) - Thatcher won, 30-10

Chino Valley (0-1) vs. Valley Christian (1-0) at Walkup Skydome - (Aug. 31)

2A

Scottsdale Prep (1-0) at Camp Verde (0-0) - Scottsdale Prep won, 16-12

Chandler Prep (0-1) at Glendale Prep (0-1) - Chandler Prep won, 26-6

Scottsdale Christian (0-1) at Miami (0-0), Scottsdale Christiain won, 53-0

Tempe Prep (0-0) at Valley Lutheran (0-0) - Tempe Prep won, 48-0

1A

El Capitan (1-0) at Arete Prep (0-1) -Arete Prep won, 72-22