Football Preview: Garden Valley Wolverines vs. Carey Panthers
Garden Valley hasn't had much luck against Carey recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Garden Valley Wolverines will challenge the Carey Panthers at 8:15 p.m. Garden Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.4 points per game this season.
Garden Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They skirted past Council 22-20. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wolverines have posted since September 22, 2023.
The critical scores for Garden Valley came from Trevor Corn, Tristin Leslie, and Maxon Yearsley.
Garden Valley wouldn't let Council keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Rex Fackrell, Kegan Welsh, and Yearsley picked up one apiece. Welsh is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least six every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carey). They blew past Wallace, posting an 86-8 victory. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won eight contests by 30 points or more so far this season.
Preston Wood continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 78 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 77 yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Madden Perkes, who rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Carey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 383 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Carey didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Perkes.
Carey pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 56.5 points. As for Garden Valley, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Garden Valley has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 213.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Carey struggles in that department as they've been averaging 256.6. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Garden Valley was taken down by Carey 52-0 in their previous meeting back in August of 2021. Can Garden Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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