Football Preview: Pomona Panthers vs. Wheat Ridge Farmers
The Pomona Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Wheat Ridge Farmers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Pomona's defense has only allowed 15.5 points per game this season, so Wheat Ridge's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Pomona's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Dakota Ridge offense got past them. Pomona lost 34-12 to Dakota Ridge last Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Panthers have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wheat Ridge). They really took it to Middle Park for the full four quarters, racking up a 52-7 victory at home. The Farmers pushed the score to 39-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had no chance of recovering from.
Wheat Ridge's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Isaac Mccune, who threw for 263 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 34 yards. Bennett Wilkes was Mccune's top target, picking up 171 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Wheat Ridge's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. Wilkes led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Pomona's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Wheat Ridge, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
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