Friday Night Lights – Western Slope High School Football Recap

This week's Friday Night Lights game was a Western Slope rivalry as the Grand Junction Tigers hosted the Fruita Monument Wildcats for the Grand Junction Tiger's homecoming game. The Grand Junction Tigers were the favorites in this game, but the Fruita Monument Wildcats were not listening to any of that. The Fruita Monument Wildcats had a 93 yard kick-off return for the second time this season and were in control after that to get their first conference win of the season. The Fruita Monument Wildcats upset the Grand Junction Tiger's homecoming with the final score of 20 to 14.

The Central Warriors are schedule to play the Dakota Ridge Eagles in Littleton on Saturday at 1:00 P.M. We will have the final score for you here as soon as we receive it.

The Palisade Bulldogs were on the road Friday night (September 28,2012) in Durango,Colorado to battle with the 2-2 Durango Demons for the Durango Demons' homecoming game. The Palisade Bulldogs came out strong to score 21 points in the first half, and went on to ruin Durango's homecoming, winning 28 to 13.

The Delta Panthers were are home this weekend to host the Glenwood Springs' Demons. It was a tough night the the Panthers, who lost the conference game by the score of  41 to 20.

The Montrose Indians were also at home this week, hosting the 3-1 Coyotes from Monarch High School in Louisville, Clorado. Montrose won last week's game 60 to nothing to set their record to 3-2. They are the favorite for this game, but it was not to be as the Monarch Coyotes came out on top with the final score being 28 to 12.

Next week will be a triple header for Friday Night Lights as  the Palisade Bulldogs will be celebrating their homecoming Thursday night and looking for a big win over the undefeated and unstoppable Rifle Bears. The Rifle Bears have outscored their opponents 180 to 12 this season, and will be the biggest challenge for Palisade, Colorado this year. On Friday night,  the Fruita Monument Wildcats will look to spoil another homecoming, this time for the Central Warriors. Saturday, the Grand Junction Tigers are under the lights to host the Durango Demons.

It will be a great weekend of high school football as all four  Western Slope School District 51 teams will be in action at Stocker Stadium! If you can't make it to all of the games, be sure to listen to them on 95.1 or online at 95rockfm.com, as 95 Rock will have all of the details from the H&R Block Pre-game shows at 6:30 P.M, to the final wrap-up after each game.Catch the games via your smartphone with the radioPup app!

95 Rock is your home for high school football with Friday Night Lights every Friday night all season.