“This will be the best team we’ve seen this year,” Kent Denver coach Scott Yates said.
So when the Sun Devils host the Platte Valley Broncos on Saturday in Cherry Hills Village at Justin DeSorrento Memorial Field on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Class 2A semifinals, they know what they’ll be up against.
“They’re very solid and sound,” Yates said. “It seems like the last four or five years we’ve run into them quite a bit. We know each other a bit.”
The Broncos (10-1) also know Kent Denver has piled up some impressive numbers. Now 11-0, it has outscored the opposition by an aggregate 469-65 and recorded five shutouts. Individually, Will McKissick and Luke Wilson have been stellar. McKissick has rushed for 1,475 yards and 28 touchdowns, and Wilson has 814 yards and 11 touchdowns.
And with quarterback Rob Casey out with a slight fracture in a foot, freshman Joey Licht has stepped up to lead the team the past two games.
“He’s doing a nice, solid job,” Yates said. “He’s a smart kid and a good football player. We just have to make sure we try and do things he can handle and is comfortable with.”
The Sun Devils beat Platte Valley in last season’s semifinals before going to Brush in the final.
And a victory on Saturday would give Yates No. 305 in his terrific career, one behind the all-time state mark.
