The Mountain Vista Golden Eagles will head out to square off against the Cherokee Trail Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Mountain Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Arapahoe, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Mountain Vista was ranked second). Mountain Vista never let Arapahoe onto the board and left with a 35-0 win last Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Eagles.
Austyn Modrzewski was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Blais, who rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Cherokee Trail was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past ThunderRidge 35-7 on the road.
Cherokee Trail's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyson Smith, who threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. 81 of those passing yards were hauled in by Jacob Mathenge.
Mountain Vista's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. As for Cherokee Trail, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Mountain Vista came up short against Cherokee Trail in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, falling 17-7. Can Mountain Vista avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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