High school football rundown: Mountain View runs past rival, big days for WRs Berryhill, Roebuck

Team of the week

Mountain View rallied to shock rival Marana 42-35 on Friday behind backup quarterbacks to win the Battle of the Boot at Mountain View High School.

Mountain View was down to its fifth-string quarterback, reported AllSportsTucson.com. The Mountain Lions as a team ended up completing just one pass (out of two attempts, for 22 yards) while Marana senior quarterback Jason Wood threw for 405 yards, going 38 for 46.

Mountain View (1-3) rushed 48 times for 387 yards, led by senior receiver/kick returner Justin Holguin, who ran eight times for 215 yards after being pressed into service as quarterback.

The Mountain Lions had lost their last two games, 53-14 to Peoria Sunrise Mountain and 52-0 to Scottsdale Horizon.

Mountain View lost to its Marana Unified School District rival Tigers in 2021 and 2022.

Stat book

Sabino junior receiver Shamar Berryhill had 11 catches for 241 yards, with a long of 94 yards and four touchdowns in the Sabercats’ 50-21 win over Safford on Friday. UA offered Shamar, the younger brother of former Arizona receiver Stanley Berryhill, last June.

Marana junior receiver Dezmen Roebuck caught 19 passes for 188 yards in the Tigers’ 42-35 loss to Mountain View. His 19 catches is two shy of the state record, held by three players, including Sahuaro’s John Mistler against Sabino in 1975. UA has also offered Roebuck.

Two Desert View backs rushed for over 150 yards as the Jaguars ran over Nogales 49-13 last week. Junior Kevin Zleh ran for 150 yards on six carries, and sophomore Christian Teah had 166 yards on 15 attempts.

Quotable

“These guys were young kids last year,” Ironwood Ridge head coach Dale Stott told AllSportsTucson.com. “We started 10 sophomores on that team. We had one returning senior from the year before, that’s all we had. They were all babies, and they grew up. What they did was work their tails off to earn money for a weight room, they put the money in themselves. Raised the funds and they lived in that weight room.”

Ironwood Ridge beat Douglas 47-14 on Friday to improve to 3-1 and triple its win total from 2022.

Going social

EVERY Bijan Robinson snap from his 178-yard day. “Lord knows you can’t stop this man.” #DirtyBirds

— @ATLFalconsMuse posted on X(Twitter). The Salpointe alum Robinson (who played college football at Texas) was also named Week 2 NFLPA Community MVP after he donated $25K to the Austin (Texas) Junior Jags football program. He’s the third rookie to ever get that award.

Recruiting trail

UA commit and Salpointe Catholic defensive end Elijah Rushing went to the Wildcats’ 31-10 win over UTEP on Saturday and took a photo alongside Los Angeles Lakers' forward Rui Hachimura.

Next level

The American Rivers Conference named Nebraska Wesleyan true freshman Anthony Carpenter Special Teams Player of the Week. Carpenter was first-team All-4A Kino for Pueblo last year as a running back. Nebraska Wesleyan (3-0) is off to its best start since 2019.

Games of the week

Pueblo (3-1) at Buena (4-0)

Location: 5225 East Buena School Boulevard

Notable: After a 14-7 loss to 4-0 Casa Grande Vista Grande, Pueblo has routed Cholla and Empire. Meanwhile Buena is off to its first 4-0 start since 1995 according to azfootballarchives.com. That season, the Colts dropped Pueblo 55-0. They have won five of their last six home games. The Warriors have won three road games in a row.

Casa Grande (3-1) at Mica Mountain (4-0)

Location: 10800 East Valencia Road

Notable: Mica Mountain looks to remain perfect as the 2021 4A state champion, now a 5A team, Casa Grande comes to town. After losing 14-0 at 6A Tempe Corona del Sol, Casa Grande won 50-0, 45-15 an 72-7. Meanwhile, MM is fresh off routs of Gilbert Mesquite (34-12), Sabino (49-7) and Sunnyside (35-7) after a 34-28 win at San Tan Valley Poston Butte.

Video vault

Check out these highlights from last week's matchup that saw Walden Grove earn its first win of the year in defeating Cienega, 26-7.

Picture This:

More from Walden Grove's win over Cienega; here's the Star's photo gallery from the game:

The Star was also at Salpointe's 50-6 win over Valley Vista. A second photo gallery from last Friday night:

— Compiled by James Kelley