The Evergreen Cougars will square off against the Dakota Ridge Eagles at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Evergreen will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
It was a proper cat-fight when Evergreen duked it out withPomona on Tuesday. Evergreen came out on top against Pomona by a score of 14-6.
The critical scores for Evergreen came from Elle Buenning and Fionnuala Hart.
Evergreen didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hayley Hastings and Neva Mertsching. Mertsching also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, Dakota Ridge got themselves on the board against Arvada on Saturday, but Arvada never followed suit. They blew past the Bulldogs 34-0 on the road. Considering the Eagles have won five games by more than 19 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Dakota Ridge had a senior duo take command as Addy Orr threw for 98 yards and three touchdowns and Kate Barbic picked up 70 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Evergreen's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3. As for Dakota Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Evergreen beat Dakota Ridge 25-13 when the teams last played back in September. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Dakota Ridge's Gabby Garces, who rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Evergreen still be able to contain Garces? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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