Fort Morgan lost against Lutheran back in November of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Fort Morgan Mustangs were beaten by the Lutheran Lions 56-20. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Lions are ranked 31st).
Although Fort Morgan took the loss, they still got scores from Frankie Urias, Brodin Jess, and Jj Marquez.
Fort Morgan's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jadin Carrera and Synciere Coleman.
Sawyer Wald was a one-man wrecking crew for Lutheran as he rushed for 213 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 40 receiving yards. Wald's longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Eli Abramson, who threw for 359 yards and four touchdowns.
Fort Morgan now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Fort Morgan will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Skyview at 7:00 p.m. on September 20th. As for Lutheran, they will take on Pueblo West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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