The Manitou Springs Mustangs will take on the Woodland Park Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Thursday, Manitou Springs ended up a good deal behind Lamar and lost 28-14. The Mustangs were down 28-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Woodland Park put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 42-6 win over Florence. Considering the Panthers have won five matchups by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Marqus Joseph Schoenberger and Noah Howard. Joseph Schoenberger had a great game and rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Meanwhile, Howard did his best for the losing side, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Woodland Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 312 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
One reason for the win was Woodland Park's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. Leading the way was Parker Shreeve with two.
Manitou Springs' loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-4. As for Woodland Park, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
Manitou Springs and Woodland Park were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but Manitou Springs came up empty-handed after a 25-24 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Joseph Schoenberger, who threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns. Now that Manitou Springs knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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