Football Preview: Horizon Hawks vs. Legacy Lightning
Horizon is 1-9 against Legacy since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Horizon Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Legacy Lightning at 7:00 p.m. Horizon will be strutting in after a victory while Legacy will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with five losses in a row dating back to last season, Horizon finally turned things around against Boulder on Friday. They claimed a resounding 33-0 win over the Panthers on the road. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Hawks considering their six-point performance the contest before.
Jeremiah Martinez was his usual excellent self, rushing for 213 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Horizon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Legacy was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 14-13 to Broomfield. The Lightning have struggled against the Eagles recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Horizon's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Legacy, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.
Horizon took a serious blow against Legacy when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 55-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Legacy's Tyler Anderson, who rushed for 209 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Now that Horizon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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