Football Preview: Cherokee Trail Cougars vs. Dakota Ridge Eagles
The Cherokee Trail Cougars will venture away from home to face off against the Dakota Ridge Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Cherokee Trail is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Rocky Mountain 37-6 at home on Friday.
Cherokee Trail got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Tyson Smith out in front who threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Cherokee Trail also got a significant boost from Noah Collins, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
Meanwhile, Dakota Ridge waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 34-12 win. The game marked the Eagles' most dominant victory of the season so far.
It was another big night for Landon Kalsbeck, who rushed for 119 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 118 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Callas, who gained 69 total yards and a touchdown.
The win got Cherokee Trail back to even at 2-2. As for Dakota Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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