The Grand Junction Tigers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Durango Demons at 7:00 p.m. Grand Junction's defense has only allowed 10.2 points per game this season, so Durango's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Grand Junction will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Fruita Monument, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, Grand Junction made off with a 28-27 win over Fruita Monument. While the Tigers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Will Applegate and Drew Marsh were among the main playmakers for Grand Junction as the former threw for 131 yards and three touchdowns and the latter picked up 76 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Mathias Martinez helped Applegate out on the ground, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Durango). They took down Palisade 32-14 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Demons.
The critical scores for Durango came from Cully Feeney, Mason J Miller, Peyton Dike, and Dike.
Grand Junction's record now sits at 4-0. As for Durango, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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