Football Preview: Deerfield-Windsor Knights vs. Valwood Valiants
Two dominant signal callers in Lane Sceals and Tayt Snellgrove are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Deerfield-Windsor Knights will challenge the Valwood Valiants at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Deerfield-Windsor is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.8 points per game this season.
Deerfield-Windsor is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 27-24 win over Westfield School. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Knights have posted since August 25, 2023.
A big part of Deerfield-Windsor's win came down to the chemistry between Sceals and his top target Gabe Daniel. Sceals threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns while Daniel picked up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown. What's more, Sceals also racked up 44 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in August.
Deerfield-Windsor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Tiftarea Academy typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Valwood proved too difficult a challenge. They snuck past the Panthers with a 27-21 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Valiants.
Deerfield-Windsor's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Valwood, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 9-3.
Everything went Deerfield-Windsor's way against Valwood when the teams last played back in October, as Deerfield-Windsor made off with a 27-6 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Deerfield-Windsor since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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