Football Preview: West Valley Eagles vs. Central Valley Falcons
West Valley is 9-0 against Central Valley since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles faces off against the Central Valley Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully West Valley focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
West Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Yreka on Friday. The contest between them and the Miners wasn't particularly close, with West Valley falling 17-0. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
West Valley wouldn't let Yreka keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Dalton Kelley was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Central Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by University Prep 51-14. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 920th, while the Panthers are ranked 371st).
West Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Central Valley, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-5.
West Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Central Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 44-38 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Central Valley's Diego Recio, who rushed for 280 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 34 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for West Valley to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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