Montrose has won nine straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Pueblo West has won nine straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Montrose Red Hawks will welcome the Pueblo West Cyclones at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Montrose is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 63-7 win over Widefield. Given the Red Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Gladiators are ranked 164th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pueblo West blew past Falcon, posting a 49-8 victory. That's two games straight that the Cyclones have won by exactly 41 points.
Ryan Siebert had a dynamite game for Pueblo West, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown. Siebert got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 98 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Ray Lockett, who rushed for 17 yards and a touchdown.
Montrose's win bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Pueblo West, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 9-0.
Montrose beat Pueblo West 35-28 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ray Lockett, who rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Montrose still be able to contain Ray Lockett? There's only one way to find out.
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