Football Preview: Pine Creek Eagles vs. Cherry Creek Bruins
The Pine Creek Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Cherry Creek Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Pine Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Arapahoe, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Pine Creek was ranked sixth). Everything went Pine Creek's way against Arapahoe on Friday as Pine Creek made off with a 34-13 victory. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Cameron Cooper was his usual excellent self, throwing for 196 yards and three touchdowns. Connor Stallman was in the mix as well, providing Pine Creek with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cherry Creek). They came out on top against Highland Park by a score of 51-39 on Friday.
Jayden Fox continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 223 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 102.2 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Hoffman, who gained 129 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cherry Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 416 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Pine Creek's record now sits at 3-1. As for Cherry Creek, their record now sits at 3-1.
Pine Creek might still be hurting after the 41-21 defeat they got from Cherry Creek in their previous matchup back in November of 2022. Can Pine Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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