The Dakota Ridge Eagles will square off against the Bear Creek Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Dakota Ridge has eight straight wins, Bear Creek has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Dakota Ridge beats Bear Creek with 47 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Dakota Ridge put the hurt on Golden with a sharp 47-21 victory on Friday. Considering the Eagles have won four contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Landon Kalsbeck was his usual excellent self, rushing for 119 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Kellen Behrendsen, who rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Dakota Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 312 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Bear Creek fell victim to Ponderosa and their airtight defense on Friday. They were dealt a 41-0 loss at the hands of the Mustangs. The game marked the first time this season in which the Bears were not able to get on the board.
Bear Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Junior Hernandez and Marcos Garza. Garza also made six total tackles, which is notable because Bear Creek is 3-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-4 otherwise.
Dakota Ridge's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Bear Creek, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Everything came up roses for Dakota Ridge against Bear Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 47-19 victory. In that match, Dakota Ridge amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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