Football Preview: Pueblo South Colts vs. Pueblo County Hornets
The Pueblo South Colts have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Pueblo County Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pueblo South will be strutting in after a victory while Pueblo County will be coming in after a loss.
Pueblo South is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Skyline 48-23 on Thursday.
A big part of Pueblo South's win came down to the chemistry between Caeden Herrera and his top target Jake Pisciotta. Herrera threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns while Pisciotta picked up 153 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pueblo South was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pueblo County entered their matchup against Discovery Canyon on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Pueblo County took a blow against Discovery Canyon, falling 42-13. The Hornets have struggled against the Thunder recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Although Pueblo County took the loss, they still got scores from Alfonso Maes and Cohen Glenn.
Pueblo County wouldn't let Discovery Canyon keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Pueblo County can thank Nicco Tucci and Ted Gomez for forcing all of them. Another thorn in Discovery Canyon's side was Elijah Horton, who made 13 total tackles.
The victory got Pueblo South back to even at 2-2. As for Pueblo County, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-2.
Pueblo South suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Pueblo County in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Glenn, who threw for 176 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 passes. Now that Pueblo South knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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