Cherry Creek has gone 4-0 against Smoky Hill recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Cherry Creek Bruins will square off against the Smoky Hill Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cherry Creek has seven straight wins, Smoky Hill has 15 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Cherry Creek's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 44-0 victory over Eaglecrest on the road. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 32 points or more this season.
Brady Vodicka continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 170 yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Jayden Fox helped Vodicka out on the ground, rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Cherry Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Eaglecrest only rushed for 44.
Cherry Creek wouldn't let Eaglecrest keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cherry Creek can thank Tate Matthews and Reeve Thomas for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, a win for Smoky Hill just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Arapahoe 55-10. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Warriors are ranked 12th).
Cherry Creek pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Smoky Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything came up roses for Cherry Creek against Smoky Hill in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 47-0 win. Will Cherry Creek repeat their success, or does Smoky Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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