The Fort Morgan Mustangs will challenge the Eaton Reds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Fort Morgan's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Skyview's usually-dominant defense. Fort Morgan blew past Skyview, posting a 50-14 win at home. The Mustangs' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Fort Morgan's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Frankie Urias, who picked up 84 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. The dominant performance gave Urias a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Aidan Brown, who rushed for 159 yards on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Fort Morgan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Fort Morgan wouldn't let Skyview keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Fort Morgan can thank Jadin Carrera and Yeteli Busonera for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last game, Eaton made sure to put some points up on the board against Platte Valley two weeks ago. Eaton breezed by Platte Valley at home to the tune of 35-7.
Liam Whalen and Max Blaskowski were among the main playmakers for Eaton as the former gained 171 total yards and a touchdown and the latter picked up 40 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another big playmaker for Eaton was Dylan Paris, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Fort Morgan's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Eaton, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
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