Football Recap: Thomas Jefferson Drops Season-High Score on Aurora Central

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thomas Jefferson). Everything went their way against the Aurora Central Trojans on Thursday as they made off with a 37-14 victory. The win continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now won three in a row.

The critical scores for Thomas Jefferson came from Marcus Spearman, King Stevenson, Zay Rogers, Jack Hodge, and Quintyn Smith-Vargas.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Thomas Jefferson proved: they limited Aurora Central to a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Kai Rogers for the heroic effort on defense: he. Thomas Jefferson's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.44 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 4.47 on average over their last three games.

Kai Rogers

Total Tackles

09/12/25 @ Golden	1
08/29/25 vs Niwot	2
09/05/25 @ Mountain Range	4
09/19/25 vs Highlands Ranch	4
09/26/25 @ Longmont	8

Thomas Jefferson's defense also made the game a nightmare for Markell Perkins, racking up seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Zane Bath and Rogers, who racked up all seven sacks between them. Rogers also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with ten.

The victory got Thomas Jefferson back to even at 4-4. As for Aurora Central, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.

Thomas Jefferson didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 20-7 win against George Washington on the 23rd. As for Aurora Central, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 59-0 defeat against Northfield on the 25th.