Legacy has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Fossil Ridge SaberCats at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Legacy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They managed a 47-43 win over Horizon on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Tyler Anderson and Jeremiah Martinez. Anderson had a great game and rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Martinez was balling out in the loss, rushing for 296 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.3 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, Fossil Ridge can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Thursday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 56-14 victory over Fort Collins. With the SaberCats ahead 35-7 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Fossil Ridge had a senior duo take command as Nick Kubat threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88% of his passes and Colton Pawlak gained 169 total yards and two touchdowns. What's more, Pawlak also racked up 132 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023. Eli Swanson was Kubat's top target, picking up 53 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Fossil Ridge's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Owen Wind.
Legacy's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Fossil Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 2-3.
Legacy came up short against Fossil Ridge in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, falling 33-27. Thankfully for Legacy, Tyler Kubat (who threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 41 yards) 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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