Football Preview: Valley Center Hornets vs. Goddard Lions
The Valley Center Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Goddard Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley Center is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Valley Center is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Haysville Campus for the full four quarters, racking up a 37-2 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Hornets considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Valley Center's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Connor Meyer, who threw for 133 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Meyer a new career-high in rushing yards. RayJ Logan was another key receiver, picking up 98 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Goddard unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They were dealt a 52-24 loss at the hands of Salina Central.
Despite the defeat, Goddard had strong showings from Brock Sullivan, who rushed for 24 yards and two touchdowns, and Erik Olivas, who gained 131 total yards and two touchdowns. Goddard also got a significant boost from Kaiden Stroot, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 109 yards.
Even though they lost, Goddard was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Valley Center's victory bumped their record up to 2-6. As for Goddard, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
Valley Center was able to grind out a solid win over Goddard in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 14-6. Does Valley Center have another victory up their sleeve, or will Goddard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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