Cherry Creek capped another dominant season with a performance worthy of its legacy.

Behind MVP quarterback Brady Vodicka and a punishing ground game led by junior star Jayden Fox, the Bruins rolled past Ralston Valley 56–28 on Saturday night at Empower Field at Mile High to claim the CHSAA Class 5A state championship — the program’s 15th state title and sixth in the last seven seasons they’ve reached the championship game.

Cherry Creek landed a knockout punch in the opening quarter. After marching inside the red zone on their first drive, Fox slashed in from 21 yards out to make it 7–0. The Bruins doubled the lead minutes later when Jayden Fox ripped off a 38-yard touchdown run, and Vodicka followed with a 22-yard scoring strike to tight end Ty Goettsche in the final minute of the quarter. By the end of the first, Creek led 21–0 and had complete control.

Brady Vodicka | 18 of 22 291 Yards | 4TD

every time Ralston Valley showed life, Creek answered. Vodicka found Goettsche again on a 44-yard touchdown with just under two minutes remaining in the half, part of a 291-yard, four-touchdown passing night for the senior.

RV kept battling, punching in another short rushing score but Creek responded with its most balanced stretch of the night. Vodicka kept on a read play for a 12-yard rushing touchdown, then Fox broke loose for a 40-yard score late in the third to push the lead to 49–21.

Fox finished with 128 rushing yards and three touchdowns on just nine carries, while Vodicka added 22 rushing yards and another score to his four through the air, completing 18 of 22 passes with no interceptions. Goettsche hauled in three passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns, with Anthony Betti and Zai Davis each adding a receiving score.

Defensive lineman T.I. Umu-Cais anchored a front that generated constant pressure, while Tate Matthews, Colton Heimlicher, Walker Rudden and the Cherry Creek linebackers clogged running lanes and limited explosive plays.

Vodicka’s final touchdown — an 8-yard strike to Betti early in the fourth quarter — pushed the margin to 56–28 and effectively sealed another blue trophy for head coach Dave Logan’s program.

“This is what Cherry Creek football is all about,” Vodicka said. “The tradition, the expectations — we embrace it. To add another title for this program and finish my career this way is unbelievable.”

With yet another dominant December showing, Cherry Creek’s latest championship reinforces what the rest of Colorado already knows: in 5A football, the Bruins remain the standard.