In a battle of Ds, Panthers come up short

This was going to be good: A Friday night match-up of two of the top defenses in the state, Jefferson High and league-leading Manhattan, with both sides yielding less than 10 points per game.

And Senior Night in Boulder, to boot.

It proved a taut game, all right, for most of three quarters. But the final period was a different story, and Jefferson High ended up on the wrong side of a 27-6 final score.