After two games on the road, Golden is heading back home. They will welcome the Lakewood Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakewood took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Golden, who comes in off a win.
Golden's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Poudre 23-0.
Golden's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Thatcher Matthews, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and Colin Meier, who rushed for 83 yards.
Golden wouldn't let Poudre keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Golden can thank Liam Leffert and Noah Limback for forcing both of them. Leffert also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Another thorn in Poudre's side was Cash Hansen, who made five total tackles (2.0 for loss) and snagged two interceptions.
Meanwhile, Lakewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat dating back to last season. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 49-0 to Fountain-Fort Carson, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Trojans are ranked 45th).
The win got Golden back to even at 2-2. As for Lakewood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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