Cherry Creek football dynasty rolls on as Bruins blast Ralston Valley in Class 5A championship

FORT COLLINS Cherry Creek remains Colorado high school football s unreachable bar The Bruins blasted Ralston Valley - on Saturday in the Class A championship at Canvas Stadium padding their ongoing dynasty that is showing no signs of slowing up In Cherry Creek s eighth straight title appearance the Greenwood Village blue blood won its th title and gave head coach Dave Logan his th crown The two marks padded Colorado big-school and coaching records respectively In the Bruins span of consecutive championship games since Logan s squad is - winning percentage with more rings six than in-state losses five No Colorado opponent has beaten the Bruins since Columbine upset them in the championship two years ago On Saturday the Bruins left no doubt as to their status as the Box State juggernaut a week after self-inflicted mistakes nearly ended their season in a - comeback win over Valor Christian in the semifinals Cherry Creek raced to a - lead midway through the second quarter as Ralston Valley had no answers on either side of the ball While scoring on its first three possessions Cherry Creek featured its slick running back Jayden Fox who got to the edge trucked a Mustangs defender and then outraced the defense to the end zone for a -yard TD run to open the floodgates On the Bruins next possession Fox ripped off a -yard TD run on th and cutting back an outside run stepping out of a tackle and then breezing by the helpless RV defense as he celebrated with his hands up before transiting the goal line Tight end Ty Goettsche of the Cherry Creek Bruins celebrates a touchdown reception against the Ralston Valley Mustangs during the A high school football state championship challenge on Saturday Dec at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins Colo Photo by Timothy Hurst The Denver Post Already up - Cherry Creek added on via Brady Vodicka s -yard TD pass to tight end Ty Goettsche to make it a three-TD contest as the Ralston Valley crowd went perfectly silent By the time Bruins linebacker Tate Matthews sacked Ralston Valley quarterback Zeke Andrews on the final play of the first quarter to force a punt Ralston Valley s first three possessions managed just one first down and negative- total yards The Bruins then made it - after converting a rd and with a -yard pass from Vodicka to Max Lovett followed by a -yard TD pass to Zai Davis the very next play Ralson Valley s offense eventually located life late in the first half with Andrews arm and legs sparking a pair of scoring drives that both culminated in TD runs by the dual-threat QB But Cherry Creek scored again in-between via the unguardable Goettsche s -yard TD catch to keep the Bruins lead at a safe distance Defensive end Caden Holles of the Cherry Creek Bruins sacks quarterback Zeke Andrews of the Ralston Valley Mustangs during the A high school football state championship contest on Saturday Dec at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins Colo Photo by Timothy Hurst The Denver Post In the second half the tournament was briefly more even but Ralston Valley had dug itself too big of a hole to climb out of in the project s first title appearance The Mustangs had an effective drive on its opening possession but the Bruins forced a turnover on downs deep in Cherry Creek territory After a Bruins punt RV unveiled the endzone thanks to Andrews -yard TD pass to Brady Warren cutting the points to - with left in the frame But the Bruins responded with Vodicka s -yard TD run to again give them cushion at - late in the third Cherry Creek then had a pick-six wiped off the board due to a penalty but star defensive lineman T I Umu-Cais ended Ralston Valley s drive about a minute later with a thunderous fourth-down sack Fox proceeded to rush for his third TD of the day this time from yards out That pushed the UCLA signee over the -yard mark and made it - in the waning seconds of the third Andrews had his third rushing TD early in the fourth but it was too little too late for the Mustangs Ralston Valley s defeat ended the day on a down note for Jeffco Residents Schools which saw Pomona win the Class A crown on a dramatic walk-off field goal and then Dakota Ridge cruise to its first title in Class A Cherry Creek added on with tight end Anthony Betti s TD reception midway through the fourth to achieve the -burger With the Bruins th title only small-town Limon has more football championships The Badgers won their Colorado record rd title this fall