Football Recap: Kimball Skates Past Golden Valley with Ease

By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 8:50am

Football Recap: Kimball Jaguars vs. Golden Valley Cougars

Suggested Video

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kimball). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 50-19 win over the Golden Valley Cougars. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Jaguars with their most commanding win of the season.

Jermaine Nance continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 166 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 75 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 73 yards. Another player making a difference was Josiah Wilson, who rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown.

He was just one part of a punishing run game: Kimball was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 332 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 185 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.

Kimball's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-1. As for Golden Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Kimball will welcome Analy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Golden Valley, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Merced at 12:00 p.m. on October 4th.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps