Football Preview: Pine Creek Eagles vs. Cherry Creek Bruins
The Pine Creek Eagles will head out to square 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. Considering the Eagles have won three contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cameron Cooper continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 196 yards and three touchdowns. Connor Stallman was in the mix too, 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 walked away with a 51-39 win over Highland Park on Friday.
Jayden Fox was his usual excellent self, 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. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Hoffman, who gained 129 total yards and two touchdowns.
Pine Creek's record is now 3-1. As for Cherry Creek, their record is now 3-1.
Pine Creek suffered a grim 41-21 defeat to Cherry Creek in their previous meeting 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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