Berthoud couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thompson Valley Eagles on Friday. The Spartans gained 140 more yards on the day, but it was the Eagles that made the best use of them.
Skyler Streicher threw for 311 yards on 29 of 52 attempts.
Cade Anderson was his top target, picking up 88 receiving yards.
Thompson Valley had a senior duo take command as Joseph Urrutia rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown and Garet Hendrickson rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Berthoud will take on Moffat County at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Berthoud focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday. As for Thompson Valley, they will square off against Greeley Central at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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