Pueblo Centennial hasn't had much luck against Pueblo South recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the Pueblo South Colts at 7:00 p.m.
Pueblo Centennial is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Discovery Canyon on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pueblo Centennial took a blow against Discovery Canyon, falling 50-8.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pueblo South). They blew past Palmer, posting a 49-12 win on the road. The victory was familiar territory for the Colts who have now won three games in a row.
Caeden Herrera was a one-man wrecking crew for Pueblo South as he threw for 230 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 54 yards on only six carries. The dominant performance gave Herrera a new career-high in rushing yards. Jake Pisciotta was Herrera's top target, picking up 133 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pueblo South was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 51.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 228.3.
Pueblo South didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chace Hurley and Pisciotta. With that strong performance, Pisciotta is now averaging an impressive 102 receiving yards per game.
Pueblo Centennial's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Pueblo South, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Pueblo Centennial was dealt a bruising 65-0 defeat at the hands of Pueblo South in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Herrera, who threw for 76 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards. Now that Pueblo Centennial knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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