In this social media era, the trash talk and boasts flow like water during game week and carry over into the first quarter before high school football players settle down.
That never really happened Friday night between Cactus and Millennium at the Tigers' stadium in Goodyear. This was personal, and the teams picked up alternating personal foul penalties well into the second half.
Seven Cactus players transferred to Millennium in the winter. With emotions running high and two of those players - junior quarterback Myron Lee and junior defensive back Daylen Moore - starting for the Tigers, both teams tried to do too much in a 7-7 first half.