Football Preview: Bear Creek Bears vs. Dakota Ridge Eagles
The Bear Creek Bears will head out on the road to take on the Dakota Ridge Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bear Creek has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Dakota Ridge will come in with eight straight victories.
Bear Creek's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Ponderosa on Friday. They were outmatched by the Mustangs at home and fell 41-0. The matchup marked the first time this season in which the Bears were not able to get on the board.
Bear Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Junior Hernandez and Marcos Garza. Garza also made six total tackles, which is notable because Bear Creek is 3-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Dakota Ridge won against Highlands Ranch last Thursday with 47 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Everything went Dakota Ridge's way against Golden as Dakota Ridge made off with a 47-21 win. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 22 points or more this season.
Landon Kalsbeck was his usual excellent self, rushing for 119 yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Kellen Behrendsen, who rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Dakota Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 312 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Bear Creek now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Dakota Ridge, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Bear Creek took a serious blow against Dakota Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 47-19. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bear Creek was down 28-7.
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