Horizon is 1-9 against Legacy since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Horizon Hawks will look to defend their home field against the Legacy Lightning at 7:00 p.m. Horizon will be strutting in after a win while Legacy will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row dating back to last season, Horizon finally turned things around against Boulder on Friday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 33-0 victory over the Panthers. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Hawks considering their six-point performance the match before.
It was another big night for Jeremiah Martinez, who rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Horizon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Legacy was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 14-13 to Broomfield. The loss continues a trend for the Lightning in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost three in a row.
Horizon's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Legacy, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.
Horizon was dealt a bruising 55-28 loss at the hands of Legacy when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Legacy's Tyler Anderson, who rushed for 209 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Now that Horizon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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