(6) Wray (10-2) at (1) Akron (12-0), Saturday, 1 p.m.: Akron won the first meeting in 2008, 26-0 in the North Central League in Week 9. . . . It’s Wray’s first championship game since 2004, when the Eagles fell to Limon 42-2. . . . The Eagles have two titles, 1984’s A-11 and 1993’s 3A. . . . Key for coach Levi Kramer’s guys — avoid turnovers as if they’re the flu. They had four of them in the earlier matchup against the Rams. . . . Quarterback Brady Buck and rusher Jake Beckman will have the ball most of the time for the Eagles, who also have gotten regular results up front. . . . Defensively, Wray gave up 31 yards rushing the first time against Akron, which has a machine-like, single-wing attack that ordinarily chews up yardage. . . . The Rams, two-time defending state champions and winners of 38 consecutive games, most likely will have the combination of Logan Davisson and Dalton Jefferson coming out of a backfield that hides the ball well and heads to all directions. . . . Defense? Akron has allowed 88 points over two seasons, only 33 in 2008. . . . And most of it without senior safety Joe McKay, a first-team all-stater and recognized hitter. . . . Rams coach Brian Christensen played at his alma mater for Carl Rice, now an assistant on Christensen’s staff and school principal.
Neil H. Devlin, The Denver Post
