Cherry Creek football beat Regis Jesuit in the 5A quarterfinals. More photos. (Jack Eberhard/JacksActionShots.com)
Cherry Creek beat Regis Jesuit, and returned to the Class 5A semifinals for the first time since 2008.
D.J. Luke ran for three touchdowns, Milo Hall had two, and the No. 1-seeded Bruins cruised to a 49-21 win over the No. 2 Raiders.
Cherry Creek was last in the semifinals during the 2008 season, when the Bruins advanced to the title game, but lost to Mullen 20-16. The Mustangs were coached by Dave Logan at that time. Logan is now the head coach for Cherry Creek.
On Friday, Cherry Creek actually trailed 7-0 before the Bruins ran off 28 unanswered points to grab control of the game.
The Bruins advance to play Ralston Valley, another No. 1 seed, which handled Fairview 71-29 on Friday night.
That semifinal game will be hosted by Ralston Valley, likely at the NAAC on Friday or Saturday.
4A: (1) Pine Creek 24, (8) Windsor 7
The defending champions jumped out to a 17-7 lead at halftime, and didn’t need to do much else in advancing to the 4A semifinals for the third time in four years.
Quarterback Tommy Lazzaro had two rushing touchdowns for the Eagles, and running back Josh Odom had a 1-yard score.
With the win, Pine Creek extended its winning streak to 23 games, as well as 25 games against 4A teams.
Pine Creek’s previous two trips to the semifinals have ended in wins. The Eagles beat Monarch 20-0 in 2011, then lost to Valor Christian in the championship game. Of course, last season Pine Creek won the 4A title.
Pine Creek moves on to play Falcon in the semifinals. That game will be hosted by Falcon.
3A: (4) Pueblo East 28, (12) Palisade 14
It was 14-7 at halftime, but Pueblo East expanded its lead to 28-7 before the third quarter ended and the Eagles didn’t look back.
Quarterback Daniel Martin had a hand in all four touchdowns for Pueblo East, passing for one score and rushing for three more.
After a 3-3 start, Pueblo East has now won its last six games.
Pueblo East gets the winner of Discovery Canyon and Delta, who play at 1 p.m. Saturday.
More coverage
- Falcon pulled off yet another upset in the 4A playoffs, this time beating Pueblo South.
- Ralston Valley put up 71 points on Fairview in a 5A quarterfinal win.
- Valor Christian returned to the 5A semifinals after beating Pomona.
- Relive the night with a replay of our live coverage.
- Updated brackets: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A | 8-man | 6-man.
- All scores tonight.