Manitou Springs is 0-9 against La Junta since September of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Manitou Springs Mustangs will host the La Junta Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Manitou Springs' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Florence on Friday. They took a 16-0 bruising from the Huskies. The Mustangs just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.
Meanwhile, La Junta was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost to Lamar at home by a 38-20 margin. The Tigers were down 31-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Manitou Springs now has a losing record at 2-3. As for La Junta, they now also have a losing record at 2-3.
Manitou Springs suffered a grim 40-14 defeat to La Junta in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of La Junta's Rylan Schmidt, who rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 115 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes. Now that Manitou Springs knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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