Senior LB Steele Fredricks has racked up 92 tackles to lead the way for the Mustangs, sitting in front of junior Eli Keith, who has 82 stops and paces the team with six sacks, which has helped him rack up eight tackles for loss, same as senior Samuel Ross. …Defensively, Ralston Valley gave up twice its regular season scoring average in the game with Cherokee Trail, as it had yielded only 10.8 points per game to its previous 10 opponents and hadn’t give up more than 17 points until that game. Sophomore QB Logan Madden finished with four touchdown passes and 229 yards passing for Ralston Valley, while senior RB Myles Wilson reached the end zone three times on a pair of receptions on touch passes near the line of scrimmage as well as a rush. Ralston Valley defeated another Aurora team, 12th-seeded Cherokee Trail, in the second round with a 42-20 victory that saw the Mustangs come back from a 14-point deficit after one quarter. RALSTON VALLEY: Coach Matt Loyd’s Mustangs went 8-2 in the regular season and finished third in the loaded Jeffco League (where five of the six teams qualified for the playoffs, four made it to the second round and two remain in the final eight) and got a bye in the first round. ![]() Balanced Ralston Valley had 166 yards passing and 145 yards rushing. The Wolves’ scores came via a rushing touchdown from sophomore QB Liam Szarka as well as a punt return score by senior WR Evan Johnson, while Grandview gained just a little over 200 yards of total offense. …This is the second meeting between the teams this season with Ralston Valley holding the advantage after a 24-13 win Sept. …Ralston Valley also missed out on the postseason last year in the smaller format, but made the semifinals the season prior to that before losing to Columbine and also advanced to the quarterfinals in 2018. Grandview lost its first game of the 2019 playoffs (to Eaglecrest after having a first round bye), so its second round victory over Mullen was the first for the program since the quarterfinal round of the 2018 playoffs. ![]() ![]() …Grandview’s streak of qualifying for the state playoffs got snapped at 15 seasons after they missed out on last season’s postseason, which was limited to just eight teams due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Wolves prevailed over the Mustangs 17-14 in a quarterfinal matchup back in 2011. 4 Grandview (9-2)īREAKDOWN: Grandview and Ralston Valley have been among the most successful programs in Class 5A for quite some time, but will meet up in the postseason for only the second time. 2021 CLASS 5A QUARTERFINAL STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME
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