The Arvada West Wildcats will face off against the Fairview Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Arvada West took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 48-3 victory over Mountain Range. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Mustangs are ranked 135th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Arvada West can attribute much of their success to Logan Duhachek, who threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt, and Jaiden Green, who gained 134 total yards and a touchdown. Noah Meurer was Duhachek's top target, picking up 115 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Fairview gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. They breezed by Legacy at home to the tune of 34-7. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Knights were the (much) better team in the second half.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fairview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 406 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Arvada West took a serious blow against Fairview when the teams last played back in November of 2017, falling 55-21. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Arvada West was down 38-7.
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