Football Preview: Valley Head Tigers vs. North Sand Mountain Bison
The Valley Head Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the North Sand Mountain Bison at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley Head's defense has only allowed 14.4 points per game this season, so North Sand Mountain's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Valley Head will head out to face North Sand Mountain after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Valley Head took a 32-13 bruising from Spring Garden. It was the first time this season that the Tigers let down their fans at home.
Valley Head's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Nate Bain, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown, and Tytan Blevins, who rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Valley Head was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 232 rushing yards in 13 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Sand Mountain). They blew past Gaston 43-21 on Friday. Considering the Bison have won three matches by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The defeat snapped Valley Head's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record. As for North Sand Mountain, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Valley Head ended up a good deal behind North Sand Mountain in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, losing 15-0. Can Valley Head avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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