Highlands Ranch scored the most points they've had all season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 67-54 to the Heritage Eagles. The Falcons' defeat continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
Highlands Ranch lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Crew Gerig, who threw for 384 yards and five touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Highlands Ranch is 4-1 when Gerig posts 250 or more passing yards, but 1-3 otherwise. Luke Bakken was another key rusher, gaining 280 total yards and two touchdowns.
Highlands Ranch wouldn't let Heritage keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Highlands Ranch can thank Vini Taylor and Bakken for forcing both of them.
Jamison Seese was his usual excellent self, throwing for 374 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 31 yards for Heritage. Tanner Terch also helped out with an impressive 150 receiving yards.
Highlands Ranch's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season.
Highlands Ranch will challenge Golden at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. That match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Thatcher Matthews and Gerig. As for Heritage, they will square off against Ponderosa at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.4 points per game this season.
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