The Pomona Panthers will face off against the Fort Morgan Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pomona has four straight wins, Fort Morgan has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Pomona took their match with ease, bagging a 42-7 victory over Mountain View. Considering the Panthers have won five contests by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Emmitt Munson and Luis Santana were among the main playmakers for Pomona as the former rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries and the latter gained 151 total yards and two touchdowns. Munson is becoming a predictor of Pomona's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
Pomona didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Noah Sanchez and Jaydon Molina. Sanchez has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last four times he's played. Another thorn in Mountain View's side was Izaya Hawkins, who picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Pomona was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Fort Morgan fell victim to Thompson Valley and their airtight defense on Thursday. They were outmatched by the Eagles at home and fell 35-0. 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 111th, while the Eagles are ranked 35th).
Pomona is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Fort Morgan, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
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