The Centaurus Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Grand Junction Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Centaurus will head into Saturday's game on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Gateway on Saturday. Centaurus simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Gateway 40-0 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Warriors just coasted through the last quarter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Grand Junction). They blew past Thornton 57-7 on the road on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Eziah Morales went supernova for Grand Junction, rushing for 188 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Morales' longest rush was for an incredible 76 yards. Will Applegate was another key player, rushing for 49 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Grand Junction was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 457 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Centaurus moved to 4-3 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Grand Junction, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Centaurus beat Grand Junction 20-7 in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Will Centaurus repeat their success, or does Grand Junction have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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