Football Preview: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Windsor Wizards
Roosevelt has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Windsor Wizards at 7:00 p.m. Roosevelt will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Roosevelt is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Rifle 47-0 on the road on Friday. Given the Roughriders' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Bears are ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Roosevelt's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Milo Pascual led the charge by rushing for 87 yards and a touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Luc Vigil, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Meanwhile, Windsor entered their tilt with Severance on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took down the Silver Knights 21-7.
Tripp Thomas continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 96 yards and three touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Windsor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 224 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Roosevelt pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Windsor, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Roosevelt came up short against Windsor when the teams last played back in September of 2015, falling 25-12. Can Roosevelt avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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