Football Recap: Evergreen Cougars vs. Wheat Ridge Farmers
Evergreen's game last Thursday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. Everything went their way against the Wheat Ridge Farmers as the Evergreen Cougars made off with a 27-6 win. Considering the Cougars have won six contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Josh Bittner was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns. Evergreen is undefeated when Bittner posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Evergreen was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wheat Ridge only rushed for 109.
Evergreen wouldn't let Wheat Ridge keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Evergreen can thank Jackson Hastings and Caedmon Haddad for forcing both of them. Haddad is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made ten or more in the last four games he's played.
When it comes to explaining why Wheat Ridge lost, don't look at Isaac Mccune. Despite the final result, he rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 133 yards on seven of 15 attempts.
Evergreen is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Wheat Ridge, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Evergreen will venture away from home to take on Conifer at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Evergreen's defense has only allowed 14.8 points per game this season, so Conifer's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Wheat Ridge, they will head out on the road to face off against Summit at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wheat Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.6 points per game this season.
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