On Wednesday, Heritage faced Douglas County in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Heritage Eagles fell just short of the Douglas County Huskies by a score of 27-24. The Eagles gained 84 more yards on the day, but it was the Huskies that made the best use of them.
Despite the loss, Heritage still got an impressive performance from Abby Nichols, who threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.5% of her passes, and also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. Claire Wojceiechowski was Nichols' top target, picking up 152 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Heritage is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-4. As for Douglas County, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 6-3.
Heritage will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Columbine at 10:00 a.m. Columbine's defense has only allowed 17.3 points per game this season, so Heritage's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Douglas County, they are taking a road trip to face off against Highlands Ranch at 3:00 p.m. on Monday.
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