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Chandler Prep JHS Football hosted Glendale Prep this week but didn’t have enough ‘D’ to stop the run in a 22-0 loss. Impressive running by several GPA running backs as well as a one man train in their QB who needed a CPA swarm to get him down every time he carried the ball.

The second game by the ‘Youngers’ was equally impressive but this time all the scoring went to CPA Titans who seem to have the whole package in an awesome display of offense as well as putting the brakes on GPA’s ability to score.

Basha Freshmen hosted the Chandler Wolves this week. Unfortunately for the Bears, the sting of their first loss of the season was made a bit worse coming to them in front of their home crowd.  The Wolves offense was impressive moving the ball efficiently in the first half. And even as the Bear’s Defense tightened up, the Wolves’ defense answered, forcing eight turnovers, ensuring their lead would remain unchallenged.

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We caught up late in the game to watch the 6-0 CPA Titans roll past one of their toughest rivals, the GPA Griffins. CPA’s muddy home turf added some drama to the game and grime to the pics… enjoy!

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The Chandler Titans met up with Glendale Griffins at Gilbert Christian’s football field for some action packed JHS Football. Although CPA had a lopsided win having several high caliber players who scored almost at will, GPA kept the game exciting  by never letting up and playing with big heart throughout the game.

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This week the Vipers came out from Maricopa to try and put a sting on the Queen Creek Special Forces. And boy, was this a battle, both teams were very physical I’m sure you could hear the clashing of shoulder pads up in the stands. But a very risky play call right before halftime by the Vipers to go for it on 4th and 5 on their own 15 yard line didn’t pay off and gave the Special Forces excellent field position which they capitalized on. While the Vipers continued to score they couldn’t over come the deficit caused by this crucial play and so the Special Forces continue their winning streak and extend their record to 3-0.

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That’s about the only way to describe this game – HOLY COW was this a physical game. I could hear the sweet sound of shoulder pads ‘popping’ from the side lines. It’s always hard to take pictures when the games are this good.
The Pitbulls definately had some big boys on their side blowing up the line and laying out a couple of the Spartans. But the Spartans weren’t going to take it laying on their backs and stepped up the physical element of the game and put some major heart and effort into finding that End Zone. And find it they did, several times in fact to allow them to move their record to 5 – 1.

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Like I said before, What a game. There were some excellent athletes and well executed plays by both teams. Big hits, great runs, spectacular catches – it was one of the more entertaining games I’ve shot in a long time and the pictures show it. It’s unfortunate that in games played this hard someone has to loose but the Spartan’s came out on top of this one to put their record at 4 – 1. Again excellent game boys!

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Week 4 of the season and the Spartans square off against the Knights in a very physical football game. There were some big hits by both teams. The first half was dominated by the Knights, whose unconventional offensive set, where their running backs line up shoulder to shoulder with the quarterback and all pose to take the snap, really threw the Spartan’s defense. By the time the Spartans adjusted and started to contain, there were just too many points on the Knights side of the board. A truly excellent battle though.

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Week 3 finds the Wildcats meeting the Spartans on the field, and once again the Spartans Defense was on fire, keeping the Wildcats out of the endzone.  The Wildcats’ defense also did a good job up front, pluging up any holes and shutting down any hope of running the ball up the middle. But you can only stop what you can catch and that’s where the Spartan’s speed was able to get around to the outside and take 2 to the ‘house’ for win.   Great Game guys.

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No computer problems for me this week. And no problems for the Spartans either as they head toward week 3 with a 2-0 record. It was no easy feat either as the Cobras put a mighty fight fielding a lot of talent. In fact, it was the Spartan’s defense that ultimately decided the victory with a pick and a take away both run back for a TD. As always click to the picture to head to the galleries and for the first time Spartan parents, using  the Home Team Galleries gets you special pricing.