Football Preview: Bear Creek Bears vs. Monarch Coyotes
The Bear Creek Bears will venture away from home to take on the Monarch Coyotes at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Bear Creek is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
Bear Creek is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Dakota Ridge last Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bear Creek took a blow against Dakota Ridge, falling 51-0. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Eagles are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Monarch had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five last Friday. They had just enough and edged the Raptors out 33-31.
Riley Montemayor went supernova for Monarch, throwing for 194 yards and three touchdowns, while also punching in two touchdowns on the ground.
Monarch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.1 points per game. As for Bear Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Bear Creek might still be hurting after the 39-13 loss they got from Monarch in their previous matchup back in September of 2017. Thankfully for Bear Creek, Cole Polluconi (who rushed for 96 yards and three touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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