The Big Bear Bears will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Arrowhead Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Big Bear was fully in charge, breezing past Maranatha 55-27. Considering the Bears have won six contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Big Bear was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 384 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
Big Bear didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nathan Cole and Brennen Berge.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arrowhead Christian). They blew past Western Christian 42-14 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Arrowhead Christian found their leader in sophomore Cole Fornelli, who threw for 214 yards and four touchdowns while completing 93.8% of his passes. Fornelli's posted a season-high passer rating of 171.9. Max Hilliard helped Fornelli out on the ground, rushing for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Big Bear has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Arrowhead Christian, their victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-4.
Big Bear might still be hurting after the 36-13 loss they got from Arrowhead Christian when the teams last played back in April of 2021. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Big Bear was down 28-6.
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