The Pine Creek Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Cherry Creek Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Pine Creek is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Arapahoe, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Pine Creek was ranked sixth). Everything went Pine Creek's way against Arapahoe on Friday as Pine Creek made off with a 34-13 win. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 21 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Cameron Cooper, who threw for 196 yards and three touchdowns. Connor Stallman was in the mix too, providing Pine Creek with two touchdowns.
Pine Creek's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Emmanuel El Shaddai Hill and Malakai Harkley.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cherry Creek). They walked away with a 51-39 victory over Highland Park on Friday.
Jayden Fox continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 223 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 102.2 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Hoffman, who gained 129 total yards and two touchdowns.
Pine Creek's record now sits at 3-1. As for Cherry Creek, their record now sits at 3-1.
Pine Creek suffered a grim 41-21 defeat to Cherry Creek in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. Can Pine Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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