5A football: Douglas County blanks Castle View for first “Battle of the Rock” win since 2014

CASTLE ROCK — The drought is yet implicit for Douglas County football.

For the archetypal clip successful 7 years, the Huskies defeated crosstown rival Castle View, 16-0, connected Friday nighttime successful their yearly “Battle of the Rock” rivalry crippled with citywide bragging rights connected the line.

Douglas County elder backmost A.J. Jackson completed 2 touchdown passes to inferior wide receiver Chase Nelson portion the Huskies’ defence forced aggregate turnovers. Douglas County remains unbeaten (4-0) arsenic a astonishment Class 5A contender this season.

Roughly 3,500 radical filed into a sold-out Douglas County Stadium connected Friday with the assemblage visibly divided down the mediate betwixt fans successful purple and red. Both teams entered undefeated. But the Sabercats were riding precocious with six consecutive rivalry wins successful the bid dating backmost to 2015.

The Huskies didn’t request reminding of that losing trend. They were intent connected changing it.

Douglas County sprinted retired to a 16-0 vantage successful the archetypal fractional with big-play discourtesy and opportunistic defense.

Castle View (3-1) appeared successful implicit power connected its archetypal thrust marching 60 yards downfield earlier a fumbled handoff speech was recovered by the Huskies. Douglas County capitalized rapidly connected its ensuing thrust erstwhile Jackson deed Nelson connected a 59-yard touchdown completion (missed PAT). The Huskies added a second-quarter tract extremity to pb 9-0.

Douglas County kept its ft connected the state with clip winding down earlier halftime. The Huskies’ discourtesy converted 4 consecutive first-down plays and capped their thrust with a 26-yard Nelson touchdown reception — his 2nd of the night.

Neither squad scored successful the 2nd half. A third-quarter Castle View thrust reached the reddish portion but the Sabercats were stuffed connected a fourth-down conversion attempt. Douglas County closed the crippled with an interception.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.