Football Game Preview: Grants Pirates vs. Silver Fighting Colts

By Team Reports Nov 9, 2024, 3:12am

Football Preview: Grants Pirates vs. Silver Fighting Colts

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The Grants Pirates will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Silver Fighting Colts at 1:00 p.m.

Grants will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played two weeks ago but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed last Friday was a bit more commanding. They were beaten by Bloomfield 41-6. The match marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Even if they lost, Grants' defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Joe Clawson was especially locked on to Bloomfield's QB and sacked him twice.

Meanwhile, Silver had just enough and edged Manzano out 16-13 two weeks ago.

Silver found their leader in freshman Cody Cooper, who rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave Cooper a new career-high in rushing yards.

Grants' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-5. As for Silver, their win bumped their record up to 4-6.

Grants was dealt a bruising 40-7 defeat at the hands of Silver in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Grants, Adan Jacquez (who threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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