Football Preview: Wheat Ridge Farmers vs. Hays Indians
The Wheat Ridge Farmers will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against the Hays Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Hays took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Wheat Ridge, who comes in off a win.
Wheat Ridge is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Standley Lake. Wheat Ridge strolled past Standley Lake with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 47-28. The Farmers pushed the score to 47-15 by the end of the third, a deficit the Gators cut but never quite recovered from.
Wheat Ridge had a senior duo take command as Isaac Mccune threw for 273 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes and Bennett Wilkes picked up 151 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Wilkes was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 56 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wheat Ridge was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 455 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Wheat Ridge's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Wilkes, Damion Powell, and Dylan Killmeyer picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Hays couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They were outmatched by Derby at home and fell 40-7. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Panthers are ranked first).
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