Sand Creek waltzed into their match on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their defense stepped up to hand the Gateway Olympians a 52-0 shutout. Considering the Scorpions have won five games by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ethan Mangrum continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 159 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 38 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Achilles Evans was another key back, rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sand Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 285 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Sand Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Elijah Brotherns led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Mangrum's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards.
Sand Creek pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Gateway, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.
Sand Creek will host Centaurus at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sand Creek knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Centaurus likes a good challenge. As for Gateway, they will head out to take on Thornton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gateway is facing Thornton at the right time seeing as Thornton is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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