Pueblo South has gone 9-1 against Pueblo Centennial recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Pueblo South Colts will host the Pueblo Centennial Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Pueblo South's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three contests.
Pueblo South is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-12 win over Palmer. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-6.
Caeden Herrera was a one-man wrecking crew for Pueblo South as he threw for 230 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 54 yards on only six carries. Those 54 rushing yards gave Herrera a new career-high. Jake Pisciotta was Herrera's top target, picking up 133 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pueblo South was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 51.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 228.3.
Pueblo South didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chace Hurley and Pisciotta. With that strong performance, Pisciotta is now averaging an impressive 102 receiving yards per game.
Meanwhile, a victory for Pueblo Centennial just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Discovery Canyon at home and fell 50-8. The Bulldogs haven't had much luck with the Thunder recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Pueblo South's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Pueblo Centennial, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Pueblo South against Pueblo Centennial when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 65-0 victory. Will Pueblo South repeat their success, or does Pueblo Centennial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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