Football Preview: Stratford Tigers vs. Colby Hornets
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 will venture away from home to take on 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 put the hurt on Weyauwega-Fremont with a sharp 53-33 victory 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 blew past Marathon 48-3 on the road on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Stratford pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. 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. Will Stratford repeat their success, or does Colby have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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