Football Preview: Monte Vista Pirates vs. Pagosa Springs Pirates
The Monte Vista Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Pagosa Springs Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Monte Vista will be strutting in after a victory while Pagosa Springs will be coming in after a loss.
If Monte Vista beats Pagosa Springs with 43 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Monte Vista put the hurt on North Fork with a sharp 43-20 win on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Jacob Pacheco was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the jets for a run for 67 yards. Another big playmaker for Monte Vista was Azariah Hurtado, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Monte Vista wouldn't let North Fork keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Monte Vista can thank Alex Marquez and Hurtado for forcing both of them. The dominant performance gave Marquez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Pagosa Springs and Centauri were almost perfectly matched up last Friday, but Pagosa Springs suffered a 21-20 defeat.
Pagosa Springs might have lost, but man, Colton Lucero was a machine: he rushed for 226 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Pagosa Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Even if they lost, Pagosa Springs' defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Tommaso Nigro was especially locked on to Centauri's QB and sacked him twice.
Monte Vista now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Pagosa Springs, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-1.
Things could have been worse for Monte Vista, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 26-7 loss to Pagosa Springs in their previous matchup back in September of 2017. Thankfully for Monte Vista, Cade Cowan (who rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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