Football Preview: Denver East Angels vs. Arvada West Wildcats
The Denver East Angels will challenge the Arvada West Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Denver East: 12.7, Arvada West: 13.3) so any points scored will be well earned.
Denver East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Chatfield, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Denver East was ranked 24th). Denver East skirted past Chatfield 29-26.
Denver East's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB seven times. The heavy lifting was done by DJ Crowe and Eduard Toure, who racked up four sacks between them. Crowe is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Arvada West has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 13.29 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They came up short against Columbine, falling 35-14. The contest marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Although Arvada West took the loss, they still got scores from Keegen Balistreri and Adrian Symalla.
Denver East's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Arvada West, they moved to 5-2 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
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