Cherokee Trail is 0-8 against Cherry Creek since September of 2014 but things could change on Saturday. The Cherokee Trail Cougars will host the Cherry Creek Bruins at 6:00 p.m.
Cherokee Trail is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Dakota Ridge, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Cherokee Trail was ranked 24th). Cherokee Trail took a hard 31-13 fall against Dakota Ridge on Friday.
Although Cherokee Trail took the loss, they still got scores from Cade Brook and Noah Collins.
Meanwhile, Cherry Creek had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 21-14 victory over the Eagles.
Jayden Fox continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 228 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cherokee Trail now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Cherry Creek, their win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Cherokee Trail took a serious blow against Cherry Creek in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 48-0. Thankfully for Cherokee Trail, Jordan Herron (who rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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