Fairview and Valor Christian, state’s top offenses, readying for 5A football title game
Saturday looks to be an offensive showdown for the Class 5A football championship.
Saturday looks to be an offensive showdown for the Class 5A football championship.
The annual press conference held in advance of the Class 4A and 5A championship football games at Sports Authority Field at Mile High was Tuesday.
A total of 17 football alignment options across all seven classifications were submitted to the CHSAA office in the permitted time frame.
Pine Creek senior running back Austin Schultz rushed for a season-high 189 yards on 16 carries, and added a touchdown, as No. 3 Pine Creek advanced to the Class 4A state title game with a 21-7 win against No. 2 Monarch at Centaurus High School on Saturday.
With just more than eight minutes remaining in the first half Saturday, Valor Christian’s football team found itself in an unfamiliar position.
Photos from Valor Christian’s rally to top Cherokee Trail in the 5A football semifinals on Saturday.
This game needed a hero and Angelo Youngren delivered Saturday afternoon.
Platte Valley senior Jacob Smith summed it perfectly when he said, “It’s the perfect last chapter for our story.”
For the first time since 1959, the Class 1A state football championship trophy resides in Paonia.
Even with Dayspring Christian quarterback Kylar Mai rushing for 292 yards and having a hand in five touchdowns, the No. 2-seeded Eagles still needed a late-game defensive play Saturday afternoon to win the 8-man football championship.