Football Preview: Lakewood Tigers vs. Golden Demons
The Lakewood Tigers will head out to face off against the Golden Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood is looking for their season's first win.
Lakewood's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Fountain-Fort Carson on Thursday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 49-0 to the Trojans, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Trojans are ranked 45th).
Meanwhile, Golden got themselves on the board against Poudre on Friday, but Poudre never followed suit. They were the clear victor by a 23-0 margin over the Impalas. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Demons.
Thatcher Matthews and Colin Meier were among the main playmakers for Golden as the former rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries and the latter rushed for 83 yards.
Golden wouldn't let Poudre keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Golden can thank Liam Leffert and Noah Limback for forcing both of them. Limback also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Another thorn in Poudre's side was Cash Hansen, who made five total tackles (2.0 for loss) and snagged two interceptions.
Lakewood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Golden, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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