Horizon is 1-9 against Legacy since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Horizon Hawks will host the Legacy Lightning at 7:00 p.m. Horizon will be strutting in after a win while Legacy will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row dating back to last season, Horizon finally turned things around against Boulder on Friday. They breezed by the Panthers on the road to the tune of 33-0. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Hawks considering their six-point performance the contest before.
It was another big night for Jeremiah Martinez, who rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Horizon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Legacy and Broomfield were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Legacy suffered a 14-13 loss. The defeat continues a trend for the Lightning in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost three in a row.
Horizon's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Legacy, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-3.
Horizon was taken down by Legacy 55-28 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Legacy's Tyler Anderson, who rushed for 209 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Now that Horizon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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