Football Preview: Bellbrook Golden Eagles vs. Valley View Spartans
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Bellbrook is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Valley View Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bellbrook will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Friday, then bounced right back against Bellefontaine on Friday. Bellbrook blew past Bellefontaine 35-14.
Valley View never got on the board in their matchup last Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Milton-Union last Friday. They claimed a resounding 49-7 victory over the Bulldogs at home. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 331st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Valley View's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Anthony Valenti, who rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, and Brodie Hopkins, who gained 143 total yards and two touchdowns. Valenti got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible67 yards. Tristan Smith handled things on the ground, rushing for 86 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Valley View was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 427 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Milton-Union only gained 146.
The win got Bellbrook back to even at 1-1. As for Valley View, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Bellbrook might still be hurting after the 42-21 defeat they got from Valley View when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Bellbrook, Caden Henson - Qb 2024 (who rushed for 153 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 139 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
