The Widefield Gladiators will challenge the Montrose Red Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Widefield has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Montrose will come in with eight straight wins.
Widefield's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Pueblo West on Thursday. They were outmatched by the Cyclones at home and fell 41-0. While losing is never fun, the Gladiators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Cyclones are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Montrose beat Mesa Ridge 32-28 on Friday. The 32-point effort marked the Red Hawks' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Widefield's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Montrose, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Things could have been worse for Widefield, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 38-20 loss to Montrose in their previous meeting back in October of 2015. Can Widefield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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