The Vista Ridge Wolves will venture away from home to challenge the Columbine Rebels at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are still undefeated (Vista Ridge has three wins , while Columbine has 17 dating back to last season).
Vista Ridge's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Denver South 24-0. That's two games straight that the Wolves have won by exactly 24 points.
Gabriel Mcfarland went supernova for Vista Ridge, rushing for 156 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, Columbine strolled past Fossil Ridge with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 35-21. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the SaberCats are ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
James Basinger was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 250 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Columbine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 409 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in 17 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Vista Ridge's record now sits at 3-0. As for Columbine, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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