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The Water Valley (MS) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 37-15.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	0	6	16	15	37
Water Valley	0	7	8	0	15

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (24-25)

Independence has not entered stats for this game.

Water Valley (24-25)

Water Valley

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	6	17	112	.353	18.7	2	15	19.4
1	Zae Bradford (Jr)	1	1	62	1.000	62.0	0	0	137.5
13	T. Richardson (Sr)	1	1	3	1.000	3.0	0	3	97.9
14	Tre Adams (So)	4	15	47	.267	11.8	2	15	0.6

Water Valley

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	43	122	2.8	23	1
1	Zae Bradford (Jr)	17	87	5.1	23
6	Derion Gale (So)	1	-8	-8.0	-8
14	Tre Adams (So)	22	26	1.2	11	1
23	Miles Buford (So)	3	17	5.7	9

Water Valley

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	5	99	19.8	62
13	T. Richardson (Sr)	1	12	12.0	12
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)	2	22	11.0	15
84	Parker Turnage (Jr)	2	65	32.5	62

Water Valley

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	3	1	4
1	Zae Bradford (Jr)	1	0
14	Tre Adams (So)	2	1
50	Donalvin Wilson (Sr)			4

Water Valley

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	122	99	106	327
1	Zae Bradford (Jr)	87			87
6	Derion Gale (So)	-8		102	94
11	Kaden Norlander (Sr)			4	4
13	T. Richardson (Sr)		12		12
14	Tre Adams (So)	26			26
23	Miles Buford (So)	17			17
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)		22		22
84	Parker Turnage (Jr)		65		65

Water Valley

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	122	112	99	234
1	Zae Bradford (Jr)	87	62		149
6	Derion Gale (So)	-8			-8
13	T. Richardson (Sr)		3	12	15
14	Tre Adams (So)	26	47		73
23	Miles Buford (So)	17			17
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)			22	22
84	Parker Turnage (Jr)			65	65

Water Valley

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	26	29	55	16.0
6	Derion Gale (So)	2	1	3	1.0
12	Reid Burress (Sr)	7	4	11	2.0
13	T. Richardson (Sr)	1	2	3	1.0
14	Tre Adams (So)		1	1
17	Kyler Norlander (So)		1	1
18	Drake Mabary (Jr)	1	1	2
21	Jd Gooch (Jr)	3	3	6	1.0
23	Miles Buford (So)	3	4	7	3.0
24	Kemauri Page (Jr)		1	1
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)	1	1	2
50	Donalvin Wilson (Sr)	4	7	11	6.0
55	Ezaryon Riley (Sr)		1	1
59	NoLonger OnTeam (Jr)	1		1
60	Kaleb Vire (So)	1		1
89	Dez Campbell (Sr)	2	2	4	2.0

Water Valley

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	2.5	19	16
13	T. Richardson (Sr)			1
21	Jd Gooch (Jr)			1
23	Miles Buford (So)			4
50	Donalvin Wilson (Sr)	1.0	6	1
55	Ezaryon Riley (Sr)			3
60	Kaleb Vire (So)			3
71	Hayden Schurr (Sr)			1
89	Dez Campbell (Sr)	1.5	13	2

Water Valley

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	PD	Caus	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	1	4	1	1
7	C. Freeman (Jr)	1	1
12	Reid Burress (Sr)		1
13	T. Richardson (Sr)			1
24	Kemauri Page (Jr)		2
71	Hayden Schurr (Sr)				1

Water Valley

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	4	178	44.5	49	0
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)	4	178	44.5	49	0

Water Valley

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	6	106	17.7	39	106
6	Derion Gale (So)	3	102	34.0	39	102
11	Kaden Norlander (Sr)	3	4	1.3	4	4

Water Valley

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	6	2	1	9
14	Tre Adams (So)	1	6			6
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)				1	1
84	Parker Turnage (Jr)			2		2

Water Valley

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	1.0					1
41	Gabe Butler (Jr)	1	1	1.0					1

Water Valley

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	1						1
14	Tre Adams (So)	1						1

Water Valley

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals		1	1
84	Parker Turnage (Jr)		1	1

Game Story

Mississippi High School Football - Water Valley thwarted by Independence

August 30, 2024: Water Valley, MS 38965

Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS) fans went home in high spirits Friday as they saw their football team achieve victory over the host Water Valley Blue Devils (Water Valley, MS), 37-15 in a non-league battle.

With the win, Independence improves its record to 1-0 on the season. The Wildcats host Byhalia (Byhalia, MS) to play the Indians in a non-league battle on Friday, September 6. The Indians go into the battle with a record of 1-1. Byhalia lost 14-8 in their recent non-league battle against Byers (Holly Springs, MS)

The Blue Devils now have a 0-1 record. They play next when they host North Pontotoc for a non-league battle on Friday, September 6. Water Valley will play a Vikings team coming off a 14-0 non-league win over Okolona (Okolona, MS). The Vikings record now stands at 1-0.

Players of the Game

Independence (24-25)

Independence has not selected any Players of the Game.

Water Valley (24-25)

Congratulations to #1 Zae Bradford (overall), #84 Parker Turnage (offensive), #12 Reid Burress (defensive) and #6 Derion Gale (special teams) for being selected the Water Valley Football Players of the Game.

Independence @ Water Valley Football Game Info

Fri., Aug. 30, 2024 @ 7p

The Water Valley (MS) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 37-15.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

MS	Class
169	23

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
8-3	3-1	5-2	3-1	.727	.750	299	214

Water Valley (24-25)

MS	Class
213	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-6	2-1	3-4	2-1	0-1	.455	.667	293	378

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Independence	2.4	2.8	7.6	12.4	27.2
Water Valley	6.5	7.8	9.2	5.5	26.6

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Water Valley
158.6	Rushing Yards Per Game	259.4
125.6	Passing Yards Per Game	32.6
125.7	Receiving Yards Per Game	30.6
284.2	Total Yards Per Game	292.0
54.7	Tackles Per Game	68.4
0.6	Sacks Per Game	4.1
21.6	Points Per Game	25.5
-	Pancake Blocks	36

Team Leaders

Independence		Water Valley	National Avg.
#7 Kelvin Walker jr71.7	Rushing Yards Per Game	#1 Zae Bradford133.8	20.4
#2 Kayde Holts127.1	Passing Yards Per Game	#14 Tre Adams18.3	51.0
#7 Kelvin Walker jr59.2	Receiving Yards Per Game	#41 Gabe Butler9.6	17.4
#2 Kayde Holts163.3	Total Yards Per Game	#1 Zae Bradford145.8	36.6
#5 Jaquinton Newson10.2	Tackles Per Game	#50 Donalvin Wilson10.1	2.7
#55 Willie A crutcher0.2	Sacks Per Game	#50 Donalvin Wilson1.4	0.2
#7 Kelvin Walker jr10.7	Points Per Game	#14 Tre Adams9.6	2.2
-	Pancake Blocks	#50 Donalvin Wilson14	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	1-0		Water Valley	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
9/20/24	Independence	Biggersville	(W) 40-24		10/10/24	Biggersville	Water Valley	(W) 63-20

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Water Valley (24-25)
8-3	Overall	5-6
3-1	League	2-1
4-1	Non-League	3-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	1-0
5-2	Home	3-4
3-1	Away	2-1
0-0	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
8-3	In-State	5-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0