Football Preview: Evergreen Valley Cougars vs. Gunderson Grizzlies
Evergreen Valley is 1-6 against Gunderson since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Evergreen Valley Cougars will look to defend their home field against the Gunderson Grizzlies at 7:15 p.m. Evergreen Valley's defense has only allowed 12.5 points per game this season, so Gunderson's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Evergreen Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down James Lick 22-8 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Meanwhile, Gunderson came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Aztec Warriors 62-20 at home. The game marked the Grizzlies' most dominant victory of the season.
Jason Stoner was his usual excellent self, rushing for 155 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Andrew Fernandez was another key player, throwing for 239 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes.
Evergreen Valley pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Gunderson, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Evergreen Valley might still be hurting after the 32-6 defeat they got from Gunderson when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Evergreen Valley was down 22-0.
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