Blue Valley is 9-1 against Blue Valley West since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers takes on the Blue Valley West Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Blue Valley comes in on three and Blue Valley West on five.
Blue Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Blue Valley Northwest, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Blue Valley was ranked third). Blue Valley snuck past Blue Valley Northwest with a 27-21 win on Thursday.
Charlie Stachowiak continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 186 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Christopher Aiello, who threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Blue Valley West). They breezed by Blue Valley Southwest on the road to the tune of 49-14 on Thursday. The Jaguars pushed the score to 42-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Timberwolves had little chance of recovering from.
Blue Valley West's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tate Nagy, who threw for 281 yards and five touchdowns while completing 92.3% of his passes. Wayne Carter was another key player, gaining 185 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Blue Valley West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Blue Valley's win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Blue Valley West, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-1.
We should be in store for an exciting game as both have no problem gaining yardage. Blue Valley has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 363 total yards per game. However, it's not like Blue Valley West struggles in that department as they've been averaging 454.7. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Blue Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Blue Valley West in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 24-20 win. Does Blue Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blue Valley West turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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