La Veta is on a four-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Manzanola a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The La Veta Redhawks will host the Manzanola Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. La Veta is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.7 points per game this season.
La Veta is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Sierra Grande on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. La Veta was dealt a 56-14 loss at the hands of Sierra Grande. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Panthers are ranked 19th).
Despite the defeat, La Veta had strong showings from Sunny Kent, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and Jaxon Salapich, who picked up 70 receiving yards and a touchdown. Salapich's longest reception was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total.
Meanwhile, Manzanola came up short against Bethune on Saturday and fell 40-27.
La Veta's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Manzanola, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-6.
La Veta was dealt a bruising 52-12 loss at the hands of Manzanola in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point La Veta was down 46-6.
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