Chaparral hasn't had much luck against Pine Creek recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Chaparral Wolverines will head out to face off against the Pine Creek Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Chaparral focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Chaparral is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by Legend on the road and fell 55-0. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Titans are ranked fifth).
Even if they lost, Chaparral's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Dominic Cordray was especially locked on to Legend's QB and sacked him twice. Cordray is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, Pine Creek made sure to put some points up on the board against Douglas County on Friday. Pine Creek breezed by Douglas County on the road to the tune of 38-3. With that win, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 26.7 points per game.
A big part of Pine Creek's victory came down to the chemistry between Cameron Cooper and his top target Elijah Roy. Cooper rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries while Roy picked up 125 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Pine Creek also got a significant boost from Caleb Petree, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 109 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pine Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Chaparral's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Pine Creek, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Chaparral was dealt a bruising 52-2 loss at the hands of Pine Creek when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Chaparral was down 44-0.
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