Pine Creek made an absolute statement on the road on Friday, shutting out Pueblo West in a big top-10 football matchup in Class 4A.
The Eagles, ranked No. 3, beat the No. 9 Cyclones 35-0. It is Pine Creek’s fourth win in a row since starting 1-2.
“I thought our kids just came out and played well hard,” Pine Creek coach Todd Miller told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show after the game. “We’ve made some changes since the beginning of the season, and our kids are kind of buying into it. They’re flying around, and we’re playing kind of old school Pine Creek football and getting real physical. We had some fun.”
The two teams were scoreless after the first quarter, but Pine Creek’s Xavier Hill scored twice in the second quarter to give his team a 14-0 lead at halftime.
Peter Isais, Damario Portillos and Wyatt Wieland also had touchdowns for Pine Creek.
It was yet another solid defensive outing for the Eagles after giving up 50 points in a season-opening loss to Chatfield.
“There’s no superstars on that defense, just a bunch of guys that run to the ball, hustle and they play every play,” Miller said.
Miller added that he thinks his team still has more improving to do.
“We’ve got a lot to do,” he said. “We can get a lot better. I think we haven’t played our best football. We’re playing pretty good, but there’s a lot of steps we need to take to play that championship-caliber football that I think a lot of teams in the state are capable of. We’re on our way. It’s just one step at a time.”
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4A: Greeley West 30, (4) Broomfield 29
Greeley West led 23-8 as the fourth quarter opened, then held on for dear life to secure the upset win.
“It ended up going our way tonight,” Spartans coach Jason Renouf told the Scoreboard Show. “It was a close game.”
Broomfield scored on the first play of that final frame to make it 23-15, only to see Greeley West respond on Darren Delacroix’s second touchdown of the game.
But Broomfield cut the the lead to 30-23 with 2:53 remaining, and recovered the ensuing onside kick. They scored again, but failed on the two-point conversion attempt that would have given the Eagles the win.
“It was a wild finish,” Renouf said. “Broomfield’s a good team. They don’t quit. They have a solid passing attack, and they unleashed it there in the fourth quarter.”
“We just held them when we needed to,” Renouf added.
Greeley West led 16-0 at halftime, including a second-quarter safety.
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3A: (5) Silver Creek 28, (2) Fort Morgan 14
This game was back-and-forth all night, but Silver Creek ultimately pulled it out.
Silver Creek got a crucial fumble recovery in the second half which led to the go-ahead touchdown.
“That was a huge play,” Raptors coach Mike Apodaca told the Scoreboard Show. “They had scored to go up, our offense did a good job of answering — we tied it up — and on the ensuing kickoff, we forced a fumble and got a short field and were able to do something with it.
“That was probably a turning point in the game,” he added.
The Raptors grabbed an early lead on pick-six by Junior Ramirez. Fort Morgan quickly tied the game, and the two teams went into the half knotted at 7.
After the break, Fort Morgan went up 14-7, but Silver Creek tied it up at 14 when Dylan Ordway hit Thomas Blazon for a score.
On the ensuing kickoff, Silver Creek forced that crucial fumble, and the Ordway found Joseph Roth-Bogrett to go up 21-14. Ramirez added a rushing score to give his team the final two-score cushion.
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2A: Faith Christian 19, (4) D’Evelyn 6
Faith Christian jumped on the Jaguars early, leading 9-0 at the half, and then pushed the lead to 16-0 after three quarters.
The Eagles held on from there to win.
“It was one of those wins we had to have in order to stay in a place where we can get into the playoffs,” Faith Christian coach Ralph Nance told the Scoreboard Show.
It was Faith Christian’s fourth-straight game following an 0-3 start.
“The young kids are starting to figure it out, and we just hope that as we go down the road, they’ll continue to improve,” Nance said.
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2A: Bishop Machebeuf 53, Sheridan 0
To start the 1st ever home game at Machebeuf. Fernando Chavez takes the kickoff for a TD! @CHSAA @coloradopreps pic.twitter.com/dXb2gj0gXK
— Bishop Machebeuf HS (@BishopMachebeuf) October 15, 2016
Bishop Machebeuf played the first home game in the history of its program on Friday. The Buffaloes beat Sheridan.
Machebeuf is now 6-1, which is its highest win total since the 2010 season when it went 7-4.
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Notables
- Briggsdale beat Longmont Christian 83-75 in 6-man. The 158 combined points are the third-most in state history.
- Akron, No. 4 in 8-man, avenged a earlier loss to No. 3 Daypsring Christian with a 37-27 win. “Our linemen played phenomenal tonight,” coach Jerome Weers told the Scoreboard Show.
- 6-man No. 2 Kit Carson beat No. 7 Eads 48-8. “It was a big game, and our kids responded really well to the challenge,” coach Jim Trahern told the Scoreboard Show.
- Another big one in 6-man: No. 1 Fleming outscored No. 6 Peetz 58-41.
- In 3A: No. 10 Holy Family made a statement with a 43-20 win over No. 9 Erie.
- 1A No. 4 Meeker took care of No. 6 Cedaredge, 42-14.
- 8-man’s No. 2 team, Sedgwick County, won on the road at No. 7 Merino.
- 2A No. 9 Manitou Springs narrowly escaped an upset by Salida with a 35-34 win. The Mustangs faked a punt in their own territory in the fourth quarter to keep a drive alive, went down and scored, then faked the extra point to get the win.
- Castle View beat Rocky Mountain in overtime, 28-27.
- Our weekly check of the all-time wins list: West Grand and coach Chris Brown beat Rangely 46-8, giving him his 312th career win. And Kent Denver and coach Scott Yates beat Englewood 41-13, giving him win No. 310.
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More coverage
- A gutsy call didn’t work out for Lewis-Palmer as Discovery Canyon stayed unbeaten.
- No. 2 Mullen won an overtime thriller against No. 3 Columbine in 5A.
- Ralston Valley got a win over rival Arvada West.
- Photos from Pine Creek/Pueblo West.
- An updated top-10 scoreboard after Friday’s games, as well as Saturday’s top-10 schedule.
- A full list of scores from Friday, and Saturday’s complete slate.
- Replay the night through our live coverage.
