Article: DOWN AND DIRTY BIG-SCHOOL PLAYOFFS REACH SEMIS WITH BOULDER, BEAR CREEK GLAD TO MAKE IT THROUGH QUARTERFINALS.(Rocky Preps)

Byline: Scott Stocker Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

Bear Creek and Boulder played their own versions of the great escape last week in winning Class 5A state quarterfinal football games.

The two powers square off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Christian Recht Field in Boulder, and each team hopes it won't have as difficult a time as last week. The winner advances to next week's championship game against either Arvada West or Ponderosa.

Top-ranked Bear Creek (12-0) needed overtime to upend fired-up Jefferson County League foe Columbine 21-14. Boulder (10-2), which had gone three overtimes in the first round against Heritage, had to rally from an ...

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