The Cherokee Trail Cougars will take on the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Cherokee Trail took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 35-7 win over ThunderRidge.
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. Cherokee Trail also got a significant boost from Brian Tucker, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
Meanwhile, Mountain Vista faced Arapahoe in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. Mountain Vista blew past Arapahoe 35-0 at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Golden Eagles just coasted through the last quarter.
Austyn Modrzewski went supernova for Mountain Vista, throwing for 289 yards and four touchdowns. Modrzewski 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. Another player making a difference was Jack Blais, who rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Cherokee Trail's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1. As for Mountain Vista, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Cherokee Trail was able to grind out a solid win over Mountain Vista in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, winning 17-7. Will Cherokee Trail repeat their success, or does Mountain Vista have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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