Football Preview: Coronado Cougars vs. Pueblo East Eagles
The Coronado Cougars will square off against the Pueblo East Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Coronado is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sierra 45-8 on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Cougars needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Thomas Buckmiller had a dynamite game for Coronado, throwing for 336 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. The dominant performance also gave Buckmiller a new career-high in rushing yards (nine). Zen Groves was Buckmiller's top target, picking up 177 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Coronado was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Coronado's defense and their five sacks. Sierra's QB won't forget Oliver Bushman anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Pueblo East had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Tigers 39-6. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won four matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Pueblo East got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Justus Freeman out in front who rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Another player making a difference was Dolphka Lewis, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
With the win, Coronado broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-5. As for Pueblo East, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Coronado took a serious blow against Pueblo East when the teams last played back in September of 2015, falling 49-0. Can Coronado avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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