Football Preview: Prospect Ridge Academy Miners vs. Platte Canyon Huskies
After two games on the road, Prospect Ridge Academy is heading back home. They will welcome the Platte Canyon Huskies at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Prospect Ridge Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 48 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Forge Christian on Friday. They were outmatched by the Fury on the road and fell 48-6. The Miners haven't had much luck with the Fury recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Platte Canyon). They snuck past Denver Christian with a 36-30 victory on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Huskies considering their six-point performance the match before.
Platte Canyon's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Carter Hogsett, who rushed for 149 yards. Those 149 rushing yards gave Hogsett a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Platte Canyon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The defeat snapped Prospect Ridge Academy's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-3 record. As for Platte Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Prospect Ridge Academy couldn't quite finish off Platte Canyon in their previous meeting back in October of 2020 and fell 22-20. Can Prospect Ridge Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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