The Joliet J Hawks will venture away from home to face off against the Colstrip Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Joliet is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.5 points per game this season.
Joliet will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Shepherd, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. Joliet was the clear victor by a 28-8 margin over Shepherd last Friday. Considering the J Hawks have won four matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Joliet can attribute much of their success to Kaden Juhnke, who threw for 122 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Juhnke has posted since back in September of 2023. Porter Koerper got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Joliet didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Koerper and Aj Kananen.
Meanwhile, Colstrip was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They and Baker were almost perfectly matched up, but Colstrip suffered a 14-13 loss.
Joliet's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Colstrip, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything came up roses for Joliet against Colstrip in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 51-6 victory. In that contest, Joliet amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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