Photo: Uriah Tenette continues to be a playmaker for the Badgers
The Prescott Badgers and Bradshaw Mountain Bears took Friday night off with their bye week. The two teams will battle it out this coming Friday in a key Grand Canyon Region matchup.
Both teams will come into this game with a win after a loss the week before. The Bears beat Mingus 34-7, and the Badgers downed Flagstaff 53-20.
Bradshaw Mountain likes to run the ball and have a dominate senior among others able to do so. Gabriel Ricketts continues to get closer to the school rushing record. Brayden Munday makes the ground attack a pretty potent one-two punch.
The Badgers like to run as well, but have big play potential through the air too. Jaxon Rice and Uriah Tenette can keep defenses off balance at the quarterback position, with Tenette running receiver routes as well. Prescott averages 39 points a game to Bradshaw Mountain’s 27. Defensively the Bears give up 22 points versus the Badgers 27.
Five of the six teams still have a chance at the GCR title. Bradshaw Mountain will get a shot at region leader Lee Williams Volunteers in the regular season finale, but must take care of business first to make that game really count. Prescott dropped a close one in Kingman, 36-33 to the Volunteers, and Coconino dominated Bradshaw Mountain 41-7, but fell at Lee Williams 20-14 in overtime. The region could end up with a tie at the top, or even a three way tie for first when all the dust settles.
The Bears beat the Badgers 20-14 last year in Prescott Valley. In 2021 the teams split, with Bradshaw Mountain winning 24-6 in the regular season, but the Badgers took a rare playoff matchup 14-6, with both of those games being played at Prescott High School that season. In the last ten years, Prescott leads the series 7-3.
Game time at Prescott High School is 7 pm.
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
Lee Williams #8 2-0 6-1
Coconino #18 1-1 4-3
Bradshaw Mountain #12 1-1 5-2
Mingus #25 1-1 4-3
PRESCOTT #29 1-1 3-4
Flagstaff #41 0-2 2-5
(#) 4A Ranking
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
Lee Williams at Flagstaff, 6pm
Bradshaw Mountain at PRESCOTT, 7pm
Coconino at Mingus, 7pm
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SCOREBOARD
Amphitheater 47, Rincon/University 13
AZ College Prep 53, Combs 0
Bagdad 1, North Phoenix Prep 0, Forfeit
Benson 56, Catalina 6
Blue Ridge 44, Payson 13
Brophy Prep 34, Desert Vista 12
Canyon Del Oro 17, Mica Mountain 15
Chino Valley 34, Window Rock 12
Coconino 71, Apache Junction 14
Desert Sunrise 28, Alhambra 12
Douglas 21, Rio Rico 7
Dysart 62, Page 16
El Capitan/Academy 60, Williams 8
Estrella Foothills 49, Washington 0
Fredonia 49, Mayer 6
Glendale 61, Carl Hayden 12
Highland 43, Williams Field 21
Higley 60, Notre Dame Prep 42
Holbrook 50,Red Mesa 6
Lake Havasu 28, St. Mary’s 14
Liberty 49, Salpointe Catholic 0
Mogollon 57, Joseph City 0
Moon Valley 28, Youngker 14
Mountain Pointe 38, Corona del Sol 13
Peoria 53, Greenway 19
Phoenix Christian 42, Cortez 7
Pusch Ridge 31, Coolidge 20
Salome 50, Anthem Prep 8
Seton Catholic Prep 49, Gila Ridge 24
Shadow Mountain 51, Kofa 0
Show Low 20, Monument Valley 14
Snowflake 49, Marcos de Niza 21
Thatcher 35, Safford 14
Tombstone 54, Mountainside 8
Tucson 28, Maricopa 14
Walden Grove 42, Pueblo 7
Wickenburg 21, Yuma 9
Yuma Catholic 45, Buckeye 17
