Football Preview: Del Valle Cardinals vs. Westlake Chaparrals
Del Valle is 0-8 against Westlake since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Del Valle Cardinals will take on the Westlake Chaparrals at 7:30 p.m.
Del Valle is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by Dripping Springs at home and fell 49-17. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 521st, while the Tigers are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Westlake had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They walked away with a 28-16 win over the Cavaliers.
The critical scores for Westlake came from Cal Livengood and Rees Wise.
Westlake didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gj Jones Lll and Brandon Clark. Clark has been hot recently, having also posted six or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Another thorn in Lake Travis' side was Elliott Schaper, who picked up three sacks, made 16 total tackles (5.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Del Valle's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Westlake, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Del Valle was taken down by Westlake 58-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Del Valle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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