The Douglas County Huskies will venture away from home to challenge the Highlands Ranch Falcons at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Douglas County is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.
Douglas County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Heritage, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Douglas County was ranked 14th). Douglas County had just enough and edged Heritage out 27-24.
Douglas County's defense made their presence known, laying out Abby Nichols. six times. The heavy lifting was done by Aolani DeLeon and Emma McKinney, who racked up all six sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Highlands Ranch entered their tilt with Ponderosa on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with an 18-6 win over the Mustangs. The match marked the Falcons' most dominant victory of the season.
Addison McLeod was her usual excellent self, rushing for 190 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. She really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run.
Highlands Ranch was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 176.7.
Highlands Ranch's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Tatum Bikulcius. She has been hot recently, having also posted at least one interception the last five times she's played. Highlands Ranch got some further help from Addison Jensen: she picked up three sacks and made five total tackles.
Douglas County's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Highlands Ranch, their victory bumped their record up to 4-6.
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