The Canon City Tigers will face off against the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Canon City's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Summit as Canon City made off with a 21-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Canon City.
The critical scores for Canon City came from Gavin Reddick, Jake Adamic, and Thor Shelver.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Canon City's defense and their three sacks. Matthew Gilbert was especially locked on to Summit's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne Mountain put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They strolled past Coronado with points to spare, taking the game 30-14.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Tyler Kriss and he. Kriss gained 88 total yards and a touchdown while he gained 88 total yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Sam Hawker has posted since back in September of 2023.
Cheyenne Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in four consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Canon City's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Cheyenne Mountain, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Canon City might still be hurting after the 48-26 defeat they got from Cheyenne Mountain when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Canon City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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