Two dominant signal callers in Eli Abramson and Tucker Ingersoll are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lutheran Lions will square off against the Pomona Panthers at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lutheran knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Pomona likes a good challenge.
Lutheran is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Eagle Valley 31-15. Lutheran's win was all the more impressive since the Devils were averaging only 12.36 points allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Pomona took on Coronado on Saturday. The Panthers took their matchup with ease, bagging a 45-13 victory over the Cougars. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Cougars are ranked 74th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Luis Santana and Emmitt Munson. Santana rushed for 94 yards and one touchdown while Munson rushed for 87 yards and one TD on only 12 carries. That's the most rushing yards Munson has posted since back in November of 2024.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Pomona proved: they limited Coronado to a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Munson for the heroic effort on defense: he. Pomona didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.5.
Pomona's defense didn't let Thomas Buckmiller, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Javon Barnard and Maddux Najera, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Lutheran has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.5 points on average over those games. As for Pomona, their record now sits at 10-1.
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