Evergreen and Green Mountain are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Evergreen Cougars will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Green Mountain Rams at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Evergreen's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three matches.
Evergreen's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Skyview, posting a 62-0 victory on the road. Considering the Cougars have won five games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Evergreen to victory, but perhaps none more so than Josh Bittner, who rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 32 yards and a touchdown. Bittner didn't just play on offense: he also made four total tackles and defended a pass. Another back making a difference was Solomon Bentrott, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Evergreen was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Evergreen wouldn't let Skyview keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Evergreen can thank Caedmon Haddad and Vernon Ruggles for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Green Mountain was able to grind out a solid win over Summit on Friday, taking the game 7-0. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Tigers are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evergreen's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Green Mountain, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Evergreen took a serious blow against Green Mountain when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 55-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Green Mountain's Drew Contreras, who rushed for 53 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Now that Evergreen knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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