Football Game Preview: Stratford Tigers vs. Colby Hornets

By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 10:12pm

Football Preview: Stratford Tigers vs. Colby Hornets

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Stratford is 5-0 against Colby since August of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Stratford Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Colby Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Stratford is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Stratford's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Weyauwega-Fremont offense got past them. Stratford blew past Weyauwega-Fremont 53-33 on Friday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Warhawks are ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Colby). They breezed by Marathon on the road to the tune of 48-3 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hornets.

Stratford's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Colby, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.

Everything came up roses for Stratford against Colby in their previous meeting back in October of 2018, as the squad secured a 48-0 win. Does Stratford have another victory up their sleeve, or will Colby turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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