After flying high against Valley last Friday, Berthoud came back down to earth. The Berthoud Spartans took a 24-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Resurrection Christian Cougars. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost five in a row.
Berthoud lost on Thursday 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.
Jaxson Pszanka continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Resurrection Christian, rushing for 158 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.9 yards per carry, and also throwing for 22 yards and a touchdown. Pszanka 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.
Berthoud moved to 5-2 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak. As for Resurrection Christian, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Berthoud will challenge University at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. University is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.4 points per game this season. As for Resurrection Christian, they will head out to take on Wellington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Resurrection Christian is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
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