Falcon has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the Doherty Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Falcon will be strutting in after a victory while Doherty will be coming in after a loss.
Falcon will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 50-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Widefield on Friday. Falcon sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 28-26 win over Widefield. The victory was some much needed relief for the Falcons as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, a win for Doherty just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Montrose, falling 56-27. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Red Hawks are ranked 16th).
Despite the loss, Doherty had strong showings from Leland Frescaz, who threw for 381 yards and three touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes, and Brody Noll, who picked up 205 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Noll torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
Falcon's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Doherty, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season.
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