Football Recap: Resurrection Christian Cougars vs. Berthoud Spartans
There's no place like home for Resurrection Christian, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They snuck past the Berthoud Spartans with a 24-19 victory on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for the Cougars, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Jaxson Pszanka was his usual excellent self, rushing for 158 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.9 yards per carry, and also throwing for 22 yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 60 yards. Hunter Hansen also helped out as he racked up 117 rushing yards.
Resurrection Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Berthoud lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Cade Anderson #14, who picked up 135 receiving yards and a touchdown. Anderson #14 has become a key player for Berthoud: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Skyler Streicher, who threw for 243 yards and a touchdown.
Resurrection Christian pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Berthoud, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-2.
Resurrection Christian will take on Wellington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wellington's defense has only allowed 11 points per game this season, so Resurrection Christian's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Berthoud, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against University at 7:00 p.m. University is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.4 points per game this season.
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