Football Preview: Wheat Ridge Farmers vs. Middle Park Panthers
The Wheat Ridge Farmers's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Middle Park Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Middle Park took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Wheat Ridge, who comes in off a win.
Wheat Ridge's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Niwot 41-0 at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Farmers considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Isaac Mccune was a one-man wrecking crew for Wheat Ridge as he threw for 150 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Bennett Wilkes was Mccune's top target, picking up 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wheat Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September 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. The picks came courtesy of Wilkes and Isaiah Gawrychowski.
Meanwhile, Middle Park lost to Rawlins at home by a 28-14 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 177th in Colorado, while the Outlaws are ranked 32nd in Wyoming).
Wheat Ridge now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Middle Park, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
