Football Preview: Holy Family Tigers vs. Lewis-Palmer Rangers
The Holy Family Tigers will challenge the Lewis-Palmer Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Holy Family is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Roosevelt just ended the team's 11-game winning streak dating back to last season last Friday. They took a 38-21 bruising from the Roughriders. The Tigers have struggled against the Roughriders recently, as their game last Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Holy Family might have lost, but man, Monte Samaras was a machine: he rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of thoserushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 80 yards. 91 of those passing yards were hauled in by Anderson Osburn.
Meanwhile, Lewis-Palmer had to suffer through a 48-19 loss at the hands of Palmer Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Bears are ranked sixth).
Despite the loss, Lewis-Palmer got top-tier performance from Jayden Pagano, who rushed for 216 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Pagano a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Lewis-Palmer was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 263 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in 12 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Holy Family's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-1. As for Lewis-Palmer, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Holy Family took their win against Lewis-Palmer when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 42-17. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holy Family since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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