The Arvada West Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Denver East Angels at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Arvada West is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.4 points per game this season.
Arvada West is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Columbine, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Arvada West was ranked 23rd). Arvada West lost 35-14 to Columbine on Friday. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Rebels recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Although Arvada West took the loss, they still got scores from Keegen Balistreri and Adrian Symalla.
Meanwhile, Denver East was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 29-26 victory over Chatfield.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Denver East's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by DJ Crowe and Eduard Toure, who racked up four sacks between them. Crowe is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
Arvada West moved to 5-2 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Denver East, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-2.
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