The Manual Thunderbolts will venture away from home to face off against the Platte Valley Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Manual took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand The Pinnacle a 69-0 shutout. The contest marked the Thunderbolts' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, Platte Valley was fully in charge on Thursday, breezing past Jefferson 54-8 on the road. The Broncos pushed the score to 48-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Saints cut but never quite recovered from.
Manual pushed their record up to 3-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Platte Valley, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-5.
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