Football Preview: Rifle Bears vs. Roosevelt Roughriders
The Rifle Bears's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Roosevelt Roughriders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Rifle focused on turnovers this week as team gave up five on Friday.
Rifle's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Delta on Friday. They were beaten by the Panthers 49-0. The Bears have struggled against the Panthers recently, as their game on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down Ponderosa 42-24.
Milo Pascual had a dynamite game for Roosevelt, rushing for 77 yards and three touchdowns. Another rusher making a difference was Luc Vigil, who rushed for 159 yards while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Roosevelt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Roosevelt's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Noel Sanchez and Trevor Karabensh.
Rifle's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Roosevelt, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Rifle strolled past Roosevelt when the teams last played back in November of 2014 by a score of 15-0. Does Rifle have another victory up their sleeve, or will Roosevelt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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