It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Valley can now relate to. They fell to the West Warriors 24-20. The Mustangs' loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, West Valley still got an impressive performance from Malachi Black, who picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown. Black really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
It was another big night for Eli Brandt, who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 128 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.3% of his passes for West. Those 56 rushing yards gave Brandt a new career-high.
West Valley's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-2. As for West, the win was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
West Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West, they will face off against Oak Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Oak Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.4 points per game this season.
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