The ThunderRidge Grizzlies will head out on the road to challenge the Castle View Sabercats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. ThunderRidge has given up an average of 28 points per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
ThunderRidge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Valor Christian, who was ranked fourth at the time (ThunderRidge was ranked 20th). The Grizzlies were beaten by the Eagles 49-7 on Friday. The Grizzlies haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Castle View ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Rock Canyon 20-17. The win almost wasn't to be: the Sabercats were down 17-0 in the third quarter.
A big part of Castle View's victory came down to the chemistry between Drew Reid and his top target Chase Cassese. Reid threw for 128 yards and one touchdown on only 12 passes while Cassese picked up 65 receiving yards and one TD. Cassese got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 58 yards.
Castle View's run defense was locked in: Rock Canyon could only muster 2.9 yards per carry. The team can thank Shawn Beam for the heroic effort on defense: he. They're winless (0-4) when they shut down the run game so well.
Castle View's defense didn't let Evan Diebold, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. The team can thank three different players for their defensive prowess: Hunter Haggerty, McKinley (Bubba) Wyatt, and Anthony Gordon, who each picked up one sack apiece. Castle View got some further help from Beam: he made 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
The win got Castle View back to even at 4-4. As for ThunderRidge, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
ThunderRidge suffered a grim 38-14 defeat to Castle View in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Grizzlies were down 31-0.
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