Football Recap: Sand Creek Scorpions vs. Palmer Terrors
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sand Creek). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Palmer Terrors 56-0 on the road. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Scorpions with their most commanding win of the season.
Ethan Mangrum was his usual excellent self, rushing for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 56 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 78 yards. Another rusher making a difference was Achilles Evans, who rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sand Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 337 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 292 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Sand Creek pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Palmer, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4.
Sand Creek is on the road again on Friday to play Thornton at 7:00 p.m. Sand Creek will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last. As for Palmer, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Pueblo South at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
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