Pomona Football Back On Track With Win Over Highlands Ranch

ARVADA, CO — By Dennis Pleuss for CHSAANow.com/JeffCo. Pomona coach Jay Madden doesn’t have an issue with two-game losing streaks, but he was relieved when the Panthers’ didn’t drop a third straight Thursday night.

“We schedule these hard games to try to find out something about yourself, but you have to learn from those mistakes,” Madden said after Pomona’s 42-14 victory at the North Area Athletic Complex against Highlands Ranch. “We learned from those two games. We came out tonight and played really well.”

Pomona, No. 4 in the Class 5A football CHSAANow.com rankings, suffered back-to-back losses to No. 2 Valor Christian and No. 1 Cherry Creek the previous two weeks. The Panthers actually suffered back-to-back losses last season on the road to their Class 5A state championship title.

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1) Pomona senior Javier Crespin (44) knocks down a pass from Highlands Ranch sophomore Jake Rubley. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics). 2) Highlands Ranch quarterback Jake Rubley (2) drops back to pass Thursday night at NAAC. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics) 3) Pomona coach Jay Madden will lead his Panthers into conference play in the deep Class 5A Metro West League next week. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)