Scottsdale Chaparral defensive end Craig Roh, the team’s leader in sacks and tackles, is questionable for Friday’s game against Phoenix Shadow Mountain with a quadriceps contusion suffered against Scottsdale Saguaro.
Roh went into the game with a sprained ankle, and it was a combination of both injuries that forced him to miss almost all of the second half against the Sabercats in a 21-0 loss.
“He wants to play, but we have to be smart with it,” Chaparral coach Charlie Ragle said. “We’ll see how it progresses this week.”
The fifth-ranked Firebirds have a big-time game against No. 3 Paradise Valley coming up in two weeks.
Ragle said that the offense will undergo a bit of a transformation now that leading receiver Tyler Williams is out for the season with a torn ACL. Chaparral did different things with star running back Dwayne Garrett against Saguaro, direct snapping him the ball as well as splitting him out as a wide receiver more often than usual.
“We’re going to have to get creative a little bit,” Ragle said. ‘We’re going to need somebody to step up.”
