ThunderRidge has gone 3-0 against Fruita Monument recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The ThunderRidge Grizzlies will venture away from home to face off against the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 11 consecutive losses dating back to last season for ThunderRidge and seven for Fruita Monument.
ThunderRidge is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Castle View on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. ThunderRidge lost 38-14 to Castle View.
Despite the defeat, ThunderRidge got top-tier performance from Nick Seng, who picked up 159 receiving yards and a touchdown. Seng really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument had to suffer through a 65-14 loss at the hands of Valor Christian. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Eagles are ranked third).
Although Fruita Monument took the loss, they still got scores from Cooper Rowell and Tatum Williams.
ThunderRidge's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Fruita Monument, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything went ThunderRidge's way against Fruita Monument when the teams last played back in November of 2015, as ThunderRidge made off with a 40-14 victory. Will ThunderRidge repeat their success, or does Fruita Monument have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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