Photos: Salpointe Catholic shuts out Mountain View 50-0 in girls flag football
The Lancers open their home slate with a 50-0 win over the Mountain Lions, September 17, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
Salpointe's Illiana Land (7), top, and Ryann Odum (18) strip Mountain View's quarterback Emma Gibbons (1) of her flags but don’t get the sack as Gibbons was ruled as getting off the shovel pass for a completion, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Jhianae Desrosier (96) gets mobbed by her teammates after her catch-and-run put the Lancers up 27-0 and /m in the third quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins (8) stands in under Mountain View's pressure to get off the pass during the second quarter, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Mountain View's Emma Gibbons (1) manages to turn the corner on Salpointe's Ryann Odum (18) scrambling around end in the first quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Aliyah Adger (13) incepts the pass intended for Mountain View's Danika Stoddard (11) at Salpointe, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Alex Palma (32) gets a handful of shorts in bringing down Mountain View's Esme Crissman (19) in the first quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins squirms her way around Mountain View's Victoria Callahan and buys time in the pocket in the first quarter of their game on Sept. 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins sprints into the red zone ahead of Mountain View's Niyah Valenzuela in the first quarter of their game on Sept. 17, 2026.
Mountain View's Jennymar Stevens (8) manages to stop the run-after-catch by Salpointe's Jhianae Desrosier (96) in the first quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Alliana Silva (21) gets just enough flag to stop a Mountain View's Esme Crissman (19) breaking into the backfield in the first quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Mountain View's Emma Gibbons (1) outruns Salpointe's Ryann Odum (18), bottom, and Alliana Silva (21) to the sideline in the second quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Mountain View's Jazlynn Stoddard (28) takes an elbow to the head stopping Salpointe's Aliyah Adger (13) on a second quarter catch, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins can’t sidestep Mountain View's Danika Stoddard, getting stopped on a scramble in the second quarter of their game on Sept. 17, 2026.
Mountain View's Niyah Valenzuela (5) gets nabbed by her shorts trying to make the turn upfield in the second quarter at Salpointe, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Anniah Henderson (1) gets stopped by Mountain View's Esme Crissman (19) in the second quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Jhianae Desrosier (96) just eludes Mountain View's Jocelyn Cravens (23), breaking off a big run for a score, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Jolene Harshbarger (74) gets wide open to gather in the throw and put the Lancers into the red zone against Mountain View late, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Anabelle Accetta (67) lunges for inches in the grip of Mountain View's Christine Yuan (18) in the fourth quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Erin Even (72) spins her way to an extra yard past Mountain View's Sasha Onger (10) after a fourth quarter reception, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Jhianae Desrosier (96) speeds out of the reach of Mountain View's Lyriq Gaulden Cleveland (9) adding yards following a catch in the first quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Kiara Mendoza (15) can’t quite shimmy into the end zone against Mountain View, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Jhianae Desrosier (96) gets stopped inches short of pay dirt by Mountain View's Niyah Valenzuela (5) in the first quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins (8) manages to reach around the block of Mountain View's Victoria Callahan (2) and stop Danika Stoddard (11) after she picked off Collins in the second quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Jhianae Desrosier (96) threads the reach of Mountain View's Danika Stoddard (11) at Salpointe, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Anniah Henderson (1) gets high-fived by Jhianae Desrosier (96) following her catch-and-run to a touchdown against Mountain View, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Atyanna Quijada (47) breaks up the pass intended for Mountain View's Lillie Stephens (20) in the fourth quarter of their game, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins (8) gets loosened up before the Lancers take on Mountain View at home, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Salpointe's Isla Collins takes a few throws on the sidelines just before the team kicks off against Mountain View on Sept. 17, 2026.
Salpointe's head coach Barrie Pedersen coaches up one of the JV players in the game before the varsity takes the field to face Mountain View's, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
Mountain View's head coach Matthew Jones talks with one of the game officials before the Nighthawks play at Salpointe, Tucson, Ariz., September 17, 2026.
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