The Montbello Warriors will challenge the Thomas Jefferson Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Montbello is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Denver North 61-21 on Saturday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Warriors with their most commanding win of the season.
Angel Chavez
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Montbello got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Angel Chavez out in front who threw for 352 yards and six TDs while completing 81.2% of his passes. Those six passing touchdowns gave Chavez a new career-high. Montbello's leading receiver Zyaire Custis was Chavez's top target yet again, picking up 130 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Special teams also played a big role in the game for Montbello, adding 13 points to the final score. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Jaden Houston, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.
Montbello didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Marcus Johnson and Tru Neal. Johnson has been hot recently, having also posted six or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 20-7 victory over the Patriots.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Thomas Jefferson's defense and their 12 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Kai Rogers and Zane Bath, who racked up eight sacks between them. Rogers also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with 13.
Montbello's win bumped their record up to 3-6. As for Thomas Jefferson, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Montbello was dealt a bruising 59-14 loss at the hands of Thomas Jefferson in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Warriors were down 38-14.
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