Football Preview: Edgewood Mustangs vs. Owen Valley Patriots
The Edgewood Mustangs have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Owen Valley Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Edgewood's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Cascade on Friday. They were outmatched by the Cadets at home and fell 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Cadets are ranked 88th).
Meanwhile, Owen Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a blow against Indian Creek, falling 42-0.
Edgewood now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Owen Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Edgewood was dealt a bruising 40-6 defeat at the hands of Owen Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Owen Valley's Elijah Anderson, who rushed for 116 yards on only eight carries, and also threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes. Now that Edgewood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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