Football Game Preview: Estacada Rangers vs. Cascade Cougars

The Estacada Rangers will take on the Cascade Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Cascade will be up against a hot Estacada team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. The Rangers breezed past Woodburn to the tune of 44-7 on Friday. 44 seems to be a good number for the Rangers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.

Estacada found their leader in sophomore Dane Carpenter, who rushed for 158 yards and one touchdown on only six carries. Carpenter's longest rush was for an incredible 86 yards. Another player making a difference was Thomas Classen, who rushed for 77 yards and one score.

Estacada's run defense was locked in: Woodburn could only muster 0.9 yards per carry. The team can thank Ashton Randall for the heroic effort on defense: he. Estacada's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.94 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 7.9 on average over their last five games.

Meanwhile, Cascade won against La Grande last Friday with 51 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. The Cougars put the hurt on Stayton with a sharp 51-26 win. The Cougars haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Cascade's win bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Estacada, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.