The Fort Morgan Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Pomona Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Fort Morgan has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Pomona will arrive with four straight victories.
Fort Morgan's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Thompson Valley on Thursday. They were beaten by the Eagles 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).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Pomona against Mountain View on Friday as the team secured a 42-7 win. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won five contests by 26 points or more so far this season.
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 has become a key player for Pomona: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
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. Pomona got some further help from Izaya Hawkins: he 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 matches.
Fort Morgan's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Pomona, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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