The Poudre Impalas will head out to take on the Silver Creek Raptors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Poudre is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Frederick on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Poudre was beaten by Frederick 49-6. While losing is never fun, the Impalas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, Silver Creek fell victim to Loveland and their airtight defense on Thursday. They were dealt a 34-0 defeat at the hands of the Red Wolves. The Raptors have struggled against the Red Wolves recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Poudre's loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Silver Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
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