5A football: Seth Cromwell powers No. 3 Columbine past No. 9 Cherokee Trail

LAKEWOOD — Seth Cromwell seldom comes disconnected the tract for Columbine arsenic the Rebels’ do-it-all moving backmost and extracurricular linebacker.

On Thursday night, successful a Top 10 Class 5A showdown astatine Jeffco Stadium, the dynamic elder showed precisely wherefore arsenic No. 3 Columbine rolled to 52-21 triumph implicit No. 9 Cherokee Trail.

Cromwell totaled 4 rushing touchdowns and made respective tackles connected defense. He flexed some arms connected his muscular 5-foot-10, 210-pound framework successful solemnisation aft each large play.

Columbine scored connected 5 consecutive possessions successful the archetypal fractional with a ascendant run-first discourtesy nether longtime caput manager Andy Lowry. He employed 3 tailback formations connected astir each play.

The Rebels (2-0) took an aboriginal 14-0 pb aft inferior Tyree Hayes-Trusty opened the crippled with a goal-line dive into the extremity portion and Cromwell’s archetypal touchdown of the night. But Cherokee Trail (1-1) made an archetypal propulsion to support it close.

The elder pass-catching tandem of backmost Logan Brook and wide receiver Jack Pierce produced a brace of touchdowns, including a catch-and-run of 59 yards into the extremity zone. The Cougars trailed 28-14 midway done the 2nd quarter.

But Cherokee Trail’s defence had fewer answers for Columbine’s ground-and-pound, which produced respective gains of 30-plus yards. The Rebels closed the archetypal fractional with 2 further Cromwell touchdowns and a tract extremity to pb 31-14. Neither squad scored successful the 3rd quarter.

Columbine enactment the crippled distant successful the 4th with rushing touchdowns from Hayes-Trusty (his second), Cromwell (his fourth) and sophomore Josh Snyder. Cherokee Trail added a precocious touchdown reception from elder choky extremity Gage Gordon.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.