Football Preview: Grand Junction Tigers vs. Durango Demons
The Grand Junction Tigers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Durango Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Grand Junction's defense has only allowed 10.2 points per game this season, so Durango's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Grand Junction will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Fruita Monument, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Grand Junction slipped by Fruita Monument 28-27 on Friday. While the Tigers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Grand Junction relied on the efforts of Will Applegate, who threw for 131 yards and three touchdowns, and Drew Marsh, who picked up 76 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Mathias Martinez helped Applegate out on the ground, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Durango). They strolled past Palisade with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 32-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Demons.
The critical scores for Durango came from Cully Feeney, Mason J Miller, Peyton Dike, and Dike.
Grand Junction's record is now 4-0. As for Durango, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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