After each having a week off, the Coronado Cougars and the Pueblo County Hornets will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Coronado is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Coronado is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Berthoud last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Coronado was outmatched by Berthoud on the road and fell 45-14. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Spartans are ranked 49th).
Although Coronado took the loss, they still got scores from Collin Wolf and Zen Groves.
Meanwhile, Pueblo County came up short against Pueblo South two weeks ago and fell 35-28. The Hornets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Pueblo County got top-tier performance from Cohen Glenn, who rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 113 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.5% of his passes. Glenn's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
Even though they lost, Pueblo County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Coronado now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Pueblo County, they now also have a losing record at 2-3.
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