BOULDER — It’ll be a matchup of one-loss teams Friday night under the lights at Broadwater High School as Class B South rivals Jefferson and Townsend square off.

“Oh, this game is more important than I can even explain to you,” Jefferson coach Clint Layng said of the game’s playoff implications. “The way the Southern B conference is — I mean it’s clearly the best conference in Class B. I think we have five teams pretty much in the top 10.

"It’s tough to make the playoffs in the Southern B. So, this game would go a long ways towards that.”

Layng said his team will need to play its best game of the season in order to come away with a win Friday night. And it’s an expectation the Panthers’ players said they’re ready to meet.

“Townsend, they’re kind of rivals for us,” said Jefferson left g

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