After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Dayspring Christian Academy, Denver Christian was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Estes Park Bobcats as the Denver Christian Thunder made off with a 44-18 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Thunder considering their 12-point performance the contest before.
Denver Christian was led to victory by Patrick Elson and Diego Pellegrini. Elson gained 94 total yards and three touchdowns, while Pellegrini gained 186 total yards. Elson didn't just play on offense: he also made three total tackles and defended three passes. Owen Whitney was in the mix too, providing Denver Christian with a touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Denver Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Estes Park only rushed for 26.
Despite the loss, Estes Park still got an impressive performance from Hayden Powell, who threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns.
The victory got Denver Christian back to even at 1-1. As for Estes Park, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Denver Christian will head out to square off against Kent Denver at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Estes Park, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Flatirons Academy at 6:30 p.m. on September 20th.
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