Cheyenne Mountain lost against Sand Creek back in October of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Red-Tailed Hawks fell 52-45 to the Scorpions. The loss was the Red-Tailed Hawks' first of the season.
Cheyenne Mountain lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Sam Hawker, who rushed for 92 yards and one score on only ten carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Sandoval, who rushed for 96 yards and one TD on only nine carries.
Ethan Mangrum had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 215 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry for Sand Creek. Mangrum's rushing production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his 15th straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season. Sand Creek also got a significant boost from Achilles Evans, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cheyenne Mountain fell to 6-1. As for Sand Creek, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Cheyenne Mountain is set to challenge their familiar foe Thornton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Sand Creek will square off against rival Gateway at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That game will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Mangrum and Lyric Wynn.
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