Football Preview: Tri-Valley Titans vs. Horseshoe Bend Mustangs
The Tri-Valley Titans will take on the Horseshoe Bend Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tri-Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.3 points per game this season.
Tri-Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Garden Valley, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Tri-Valley was ranked 12th). Tri-Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Garden Valley on Friday, sneaking past 26-24. The 26-point effort marked the Titans' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Tri-Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
One reason for the win was Tri-Valley's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Elias Devries.
Meanwhile, Horseshoe Bend was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell 30-22 to Salmon River.
Tri-Valley pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Horseshoe Bend, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Tri-Valley strolled past Horseshoe Bend in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 68-50. Does Tri-Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Horseshoe Bend turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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