![]() 15īanning at Twentynine Palms WEEK 11 - Oct. 8ĭesert Mirage at Desert Hot Springs WEEK NINE - Oct. No game: Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Xavier Prep, Shadow Hillsīanning at Desert Hot Springs WEEK EIGHT - Oct. 24ĭesert Mirage at Twentynine Palms, canceledĭesert Christian Academy 49, Maranatha 14 17Ĭathedral City 28, Twentynine Palms 17 )later ruled forfeit loss for Cat City)Ĭoachella Valley 44, Desert Hot Springs 6Ĭapistrano Valley Christian 46, Desert Christian Academy 14 WEEK SIX - Sept. No game: Coachella Valley, Indio, Desert Hot Springs, Desert Mirage WEEK FIVE - Sept. Whittier Christian 14, Desert Christian Academy 7 Murrieta Mesa at Palm Desert 35, Murrieta Mesa 16Ĭathedral City 61, Perris 14 (later ruled forfeit loss for Cat City) No game: Cathedral City WEEK FOUR - Sept. 3ĭesert Christian Academy 28, Desert Mirage 20 Twentynine Palms at Big Bear, canceled due to positive COVID-19 tests on Twentynine Palms team. West Valley at Cathedral City 41, West Valley 6ĭesert Christian Academy 35, Nuview Bridge 12 27Ĭoachella Valley 21, Palo Verde Valley 10 No game: La Quinta, Twentynine Palms, Yucca Valley WEEK TWO - Aug. Santa Rosa Academy 36, Desert Christian Academy 26 Note, we do not use the term "Week Zero." We start the 11-week football season with Week One. Here is the weekly schedule for desert 11-man football teams. Ballard Stadium.View Gallery: Photos: Indio High School Football Practice Maury and Highland Springs kick off for the Class 5 state championship on Saturday at noon at Old Dominion's S.B. We have to do the same, so it should be a good one." "They'll come down here, fans, players, ready to go. "We'd better come ready to play," McCain said. "It would mean a lot to me and the guys and it would mean a lot to the program." "These last two years we fell short, but my freshman year we won it," recalled Knox. When the dust settles, the Commodores hope to be the ones celebrating a victory, climbing back from the agony of 2021's last second defeat. That trench challenge is what I see right there." "A lot of big-boy football being played by those guys," Knox pointed out. ![]() ![]() You have to be physical and you have to be mentally ready." "You're talking about two programs who consistently do it on a consistent basis year in and year out, so it's both. "We pretty much mirror each other," said McCain. The Springers are 14-0 and are in the state championship contest for the sixth time in the last eight seasons, meaning Saturday features two squads with a tradition of excellence kicking off to decide a champion. Maxpreps Az VolleyballSee where the 22-23 Pan-American boys varsity volleyball team stands in the high school volleyball rankings. That Highland Springs team is the only thing standing in the way of the state title for the Commodores. "Highland Springs is a bunch that does it, too, so there's mad respect there." We belong here, we worked to get here and we do it consistently," McCain explained. "This isn't no surprise or Cinderella story. Maury is on a 10 game winning streak since falling to New Bern (NC) in the season opener and 2022 marks the third time in the last four years that the team is still standing on the last day of the season. To this point, the Commodores have looked like a team that can hoist the ultimate prize, handling nearly everybody in their path. "I won't be happy unless we get a win Saturday."įinishing now becomes the focus. "I'm pretty sure that a lot of people that are involved are happy about the situation that we're in," added head coach Dyrri McCain. "No kid wants to feel that pain of losing on Hail Mary on the last play of the game like that," Maury senior running back and linebacker Nathaniel Knox said. Last year's state title game saw Stone Bridge top Maury on the final play of the contest and the Commodore players and coaches have had one year to let that burn. For Maury football, one of them was the heartbreak of a year ago. ![]() NORFOLK, VA (WTKR)- There are many factors that motivate a high school football team throughout any given season.
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