The Front Range Christian Falcons will venture away from home to take on the Clear Creek Golddiggers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Front Range Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Belleview Christian, posting a 66-30 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Meanwhile, Clear Creek had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 65-6 victory over the Phoenix. The matchup marked the Golddiggers' most dominant win of the season.
Jacob Young went supernova for Clear Creek, throwing for 177 yards and four touchdowns on only ten passes, while also rushing for 38 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Young has posted since back in September of 2023. Nathan Guerrero got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Clear Creek's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Alex Shriner was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sackshimself. Clear Creek got some further help from Anthony Zacharias: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles in addition to snagging an interception which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Clear Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 214 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
The victory got Front Range Christian back to even at 4-4. As for Clear Creek, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Front Range Christian was dealt a bruising 58-28 loss at the hands of Clear Creek in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. Thankfully for Front Range Christian, Noah Sarria (who rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown) 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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