The Prairie View Thunderhawks are taking a road trip to square off against the Rocky Mountain Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Prairie View is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Prairie View is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Fossil Ridge on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Prairie View was dealt a 45-13 loss at the hands of Fossil Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Thunderhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the SaberCats are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 28-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fort Collins.
Although Rocky Mountain took the loss, they still got scores from Cody Arnett, Yusuf Muhammad, and Peyton Matkin.
Rocky Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Erik Jacobson and Ryan Olsen. Olsen also made six total tackles, which is notable because Rocky Mountain is 2-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 1-4 otherwise. Rocky Mountain got some further help from Brady Swigert: he forced a fumble and made 11 total tackles.
Prairie View's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Rocky Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Prairie View was taken down by Rocky Mountain 28-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2020. Thankfully for Prairie View, Sean Kidd (who picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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