The Clear Creek Golddiggers will stay at home for another week and welcome the Front Range Christian Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Clear Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Justice 65-6 on Thursday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Golddiggers with their most commanding win of the season.
Jacob Young was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 177 yards and four touchdowns on only ten passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023. Nathan Guerrero got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Clear Creek's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Justice's QB won't forget Alex Shriner anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Another thorn in Justice's side was Anthony Zacharias, who picked up a sack and made seven total tackles in addition to snagging an interception which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Clear Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 214 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Front Range Christian humbled Belleview Christian with a 66-30 victory. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
Clear Creek's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for Front Range Christian, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Everything came up roses for Clear Creek against Front Range Christian in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, as the team secured a 58-28 win. Does Clear Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Front Range Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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