Football Game Preview: Centennial Bulldogs vs. Galena Grizzlies

By Team Reports Nov 21, 2024, 10:29pm

Football Preview: Centennial Bulldogs vs. Galena Grizzlies

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The Centennial Bulldogs will challenge the Galena Grizzlies at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Centennial sitting on five straight victories and Galena on seven.

Centennial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Desert Oasis to the tune of 34-7.

Khy Harris was his usual excellent self, rushing for 195 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Oliver Bergstrom, who punched in a rushing score.

Meanwhile, Galena faced Damonte Ranch in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Galena skirted past Damonte Ranch 16-13.

Colson Kermode continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 144 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 132 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Matt Ritenhouse was Kermode's top target, picking up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Galena's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.6 points. As for Centennial, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season.

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