The Doherty Spartans will take on the Widefield Gladiators at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Doherty is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 52 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Mesa Ridge on Thursday. They lost 37-12 to the Grizzlies. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Grizzlies: they've now lost three in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Leland Frescaz and Bryce Riehl. Riehl had a great game and threw for 354 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Frescaz was balling out in the loss, rushing for 77 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 183 yards on 16 of 25 attempts.
Meanwhile, Widefield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They took a blow against Montrose, falling 63-7. 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 167th, while the Red Hawks are ranked 14th).
Doherty now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Widefield, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
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