Football Game Preview: Cascade Cougars vs. Estacada Rangers

The Cascade Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Estacada Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Cascade comes in on eight and Estacada on four.

If Cascade beats Estacada with 51 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Cougars put the hurt on Stayton with a sharp 51-26 victory on Friday. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Estacada on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Woodburn out of the water with a 44-7 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 22-0.

Cascade better keep an eye on Dane Carpenter. He was instrumental in Estacada's win, rushing for 158 yards and one touchdown on only six carries. Those 158 rushing yards gave Carpenter a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Thomas Classen, who rushed for 77 yards and one score.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Estacada proved: they limited Woodburn to a paltry 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.

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