Football Preview: Cedaredge Bruins vs. Meeker Cowboys
Cedaredge is 0-10 against Meeker since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. After each having a week off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cedaredge's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 1-0 victory over Del Norte. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bruins.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Meeker). They took their match on the road last Friday with ease, bagging a 40-7 win over Grand County. The Cowboys pushed the score to 40-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Devils cut but never quite recovered from.
Clay Crawford was his usual excellent self, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 61 yards. Cade Blunt was in the mix as well, providing Meeker with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Meeker was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 196 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meeker wouldn't let Grand County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Blunt was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Cedaredge's record is now 3-1. As for Meeker, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Cedaredge took a serious blow against Meeker when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 33-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crawford, who rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Now that Cedaredge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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