The Erie Tigers will challenge the Pine Creek Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Erie sitting on eight straight wins and Pine Creek on four.
Erie is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Overland 48-6. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Trailblazers are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pine Creek took their matchup two weeks ago with ease, bagging a 49-16 victory over Fountain-Fort Carson. The Eagles pushed the score to 42-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans cut but never quite recovered from.
Pine Creek's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Cameron Cooper led the charge by rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, while also throwing for 196 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Cooper has posted since back in August. Pine Creek also got a significant boost from Malakai Harkley, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 114 yards.
Pine Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 327 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fountain-Fort Carson only rushed for 76.
Erie's record now sits at 9-2. As for Pine Creek, their record is now 7-3.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
