The Arvada West Wildcats will head out to take on the Smoky Hill Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Arvada West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Fairview, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Arvada West was ranked 18th). Arvada West fell to Fairview 35-30. The game was a 21-21 toss-up at halftime, but the Wildcats couldn't quite close it out.
Arvada West's loss came about despite a quality game from Logan Duhachek, who threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Duhachek has posted since back in October of 2023. Adrian Symalla helped Duhachek out on the ground, rushing for 50 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 34 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Smoky Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They were dealt a 45-0 loss at the hands of Douglas County. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Huskies are ranked 32nd).
Having lost for the first time this season, Arvada West fell to 2-1. As for Smoky Hill, their record now sits at 0-2.
Everything came up roses for Arvada West against Smoky Hill in their previous matchup back in September of 2017 as the team secured a 49-0 win. Will Arvada West repeat their success, or does Smoky Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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