Football Game Preview: Clear Fork Colts vs. River Valley Vikings + Official Tickets

The Clear Fork Colts will venture away from home to face off against the River Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

Clear Fork blew Highland out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Friday Highland got their revenge. The Colts fell just short of the Fighting Scots by a score of 13-10. The game marked the Colts' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Meanwhile, River Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a blow against Galion, falling 36-6. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Tigers are ranked 58th).

River Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Clear Fork, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.

Clear Fork took their victory against River Valley when the teams last played back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 34-10 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Colts since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.