Cherokee Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 28-13 victory over the Creekside Christian Academy Cougars. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Warriors also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2021.
Bear Statham rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Mikey Statham was his top target, making 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defending a pass.
Although Creekside Christian Academy took the loss, they still got scores from Zion Murray and Tyler Keith.
Cherokee Christian has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their rushing production: they averaged an imposing 125.75 rushing yards in those games compared to only 125.75 in the others. As for Creekside Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.
Cherokee Christian will have a chance to go back-to-back against Creekside Christian Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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