The Pine Creek Eagles had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Cheyenne Mountain and snuck past 52-49. Given Pine Creek's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 51st, while Cheyenne Mountain is ranked 276th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blake Marshall continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 22 points along with seven rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Pine Creek's points.
Pine Creek's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Cheyenne Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Pine Creek won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Pueblo East at 2:30 p.m. on December 16th. Hopefully Pueblo East focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday. Cheyenne Mountain won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Sand Creek at 11:30 a.m. on December 16th. Sand Creek comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
