Football Preview: Summit Tigers vs. Palisade Bulldogs
Summit hasn't had much luck against Palisade recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Summit Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Palisade Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Summit beats Palisade with 22 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Summit won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Steamboat Springs 22-21. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Summit's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Gonsholt and Alejandro Baray-Jain. Another thorn in Steamboat Springs' side was Henry Eslich, who picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palisade). They really took it to Grand Junction Central for the full four quarters, racking up a 35-3 victory at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bulldogs had established a 25 point advantage.
Palisade's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cade Carter led the charge by rushing for 86 yards and a touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Hayward, who rushed for 119 yards on only 15 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Palisade was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 350 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
The win got Summit back to even at 2-2. As for Palisade, they pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Summit was taken down by Palisade 44-6 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Summit, Kaleb Wells (who rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also picked up 36 receiving yards) 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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