On Saturday Doherty will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will square off against the Douglas County Huskies at 9:00 a.m. Doherty's defense has only allowed 4.1 points per game this season, so Douglas County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Doherty is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: The Classical Academy, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Doherty was ranked tenth). Doherty managed a 13-7 victory over The Classical Academy on Thursday. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Spartans were the (much) better team in the second half.
Doherty didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off six passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Alyssa Ramos and Madison Medlin-Whittenborn. Medlin-Whittenborn is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as she's now made seven or more in the last four games she's played.
Meanwhile, Douglas County came up short against Chaparral two weeks ago and fell 27-18.
Although Douglas County took the loss, they still got scores from Jylian Cabral, Fayth Turnbaugh, and Reilly Covert.
Doherty pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Douglas County, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5.
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