The Platte Valley Broncos will venture away from home to square off against the Jefferson Saints at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Platte Valley is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Platte Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Estes Park 63-6 at home on Friday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 49-0.
Jefferson never got on the board in their matchup back in September, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against The Pinnacle last Friday. They walked away with a 32-19 victory over the Timberwolves.
Demitrias Martinez was his usual excellent self, rushing for 154 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 113 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Jefferson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jacob Ballejos and Martinez. Another thorn in The Pinnacle's side was Enzo Hernandez, who picked up a sack and made 17 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
The win snapped Platte Valley's losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 1-5 record. As for Jefferson, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
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