The Dakota Ridge Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Evergreen Cougars at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Dakota Ridge's defense has only allowed nine points per game this season, so Evergreen's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Dakota Ridge's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 34-0 victory over Arvada on the road. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Dakota Ridge had a senior duo take command as Addy Orr threw for 98 yards and three touchdowns and Kate Barbic picked up 70 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Evergreen had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 14-6.
The critical scores for Evergreen came from Elle Buenning and Fionnuala Hart.
Evergreen didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hayley Hastings and Neva Mertsching. Mertsching also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Dakota Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Evergreen, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Dakota Ridge came up short against Evergreen in their previous meeting back in September, falling 25-13. Can Dakota Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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