Football Preview: Lakewood Tigers vs. Golden Demons
The Lakewood Tigers are taking a road trip to face off against the Golden Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
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, while Golden put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Poudre. Golden was the clear victor by a 23-0 margin over Poudre. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Demons.
Golden can attribute much of their success to Thatcher Matthews, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and Colin Meier, who 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 loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Golden, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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