Cherokee Trail is 2-8 against Cherry Creek since March of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Cherokee Trail Cougars will take on the Cherry Creek Bruins in a tournament on Thursday. Cherokee Trail is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Cherokee Trail's tournament run continued when they took on Eaglecrest on Friday. Cherokee Trail strolled past Eaglecrest with points to spare, taking the game 49-31. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Raptors are ranked 47th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ryen Galloway
| 02/14/25 vs Eaglecrest | 10 |
| 01/29/25 vs Smoky Hill | 6 |
| 01/22/25 vs Arapahoe | 6 |
| 12/06/24 @ ThunderRidge | 5 |
| 01/10/25 vs Erie | 4 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cherokee Trail to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ryen Galloway, who posted ten points and four steals. Those ten points gave Galloway a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Aaliyah Broadus, who put up nine points and eight boards.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Cherry Creek, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Overland on Friday as Cherry Creek made off with a 56-32 win.
Cherry Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.1 points over those games. As for Cherokee Trail, their victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-7.
Cherokee Trail and Cherry Creek were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in January, but Cherokee Trail came up empty-handed after a 49-48 loss. Can Cherokee Trail avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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