Football Recap: Manual Skates Past Estes Park with Ease + How To Watch

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Previous 5 Games

10/24/25 - Away	46-12 W
10/26/24 - Home	52-8 W
10/12/23 - Home	44-32 W
10/14/22 - Away	30-66 L
04/09/21 - Home	6-26 L

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Platte Valley, Manual was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They blew past the Estes Park Bobcats 46-12. The Thunderbolts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 26 points or more this season.

Marcus Keller was his usual excellent self, throwing for 131 yards and three TDs on only nine passes, while also rushing for 57 yards. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passer rating (149.3). Darrick Huhman got in on the action as well, returning a kick for a touchdown.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Manual was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Manual didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Xavion Parker-Arguello and Caleb Burrell.

Manual pushed their record up to 5-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.0 points on average over those games. As for Estes Park, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Manual will square off against rival Jefferson at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Estes Park is set to take on their familiar foe The Pinnacle at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.