Football Preview: Walden Grove Red Wolves vs. Yuma Catholic Shamrocks
The Walden Grove Red Wolves will take on the Yuma Catholic Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Walden Grove is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Walden Grove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Northwest Christian by a score of 30-20.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kaleb Layton and Laki Wallwork. Layton had a solid game and threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 passes. Meanwhile, Wallwork was balling out in the loss, throwing for 282 yards and three touchdowns.
Walden Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Yuma Catholic entered their tilt with Combs on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They really took it to the Coyotes for the full four quarters, racking up a 35-0 victory. Considering the Shamrocks have won seven matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Yuma Catholic's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Nash Ott, who threw for 339 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per attempt, and also punched in a rushing score. Ott has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last seven times he's played. Another pass catcher making a difference was Sir Stokes, who picked up 208 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Yuma Catholic's win bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Walden Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
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