Football Preview: Evergreen Valley Cougars vs. Mt. Pleasant Cardinals
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars takes on the Mt. Pleasant Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, Evergreen Valley and Mt. Pleasant will really light up the scoreboard.
Evergreen Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Hill with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 33-18.
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Aztec Warriors 50-21. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cardinals had established a 23 point advantage.
Mt. Pleasant was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Evergreen Valley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Mt. Pleasant, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
Evergreen Valley took a serious blow against Mt. Pleasant in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 49-6. Can Evergreen Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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