On Friday, Erie faced Mountain Vista in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Erie Tigers were dealt a 55-12 loss at the hands of the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles. Having soared to a lofty 38 points in the game before, the Tigers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Despite the loss, Erie still got an impressive performance from Gavin Lusk, who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns.
Austyn Modrzewski was a one-man wrecking crew for Mountain Vista as he threw for 366 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 90.9% of his passes. Modrzewski is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Blais, who gained 138 total yards and two touchdowns.
Erie's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2. As for Mountain Vista, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Erie will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Fort Collins at 7:00 p.m. on September 20th. As for Mountain Vista, they will head out to take on Cherokee Trail at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
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