The Valley Vikings are taking a road trip to take on the Wellington Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Wellington will come in with three straight victories.
Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Eaton on Saturday. They were dealt a 35-0 loss at the hands of the Reds.
Meanwhile, Wellington got the win against Resurrection Christian on Friday by a conclusive 41-20. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won four matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Wellington can attribute much of their success to Tanner Gray, who rushed for 88 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Cyle Kisner, who rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Those 124 rushing yards gave Kisner a new career-high. Wellington also got a significant boost from Cash Altschwager, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 85 yards.
Wellington wouldn't let Resurrection Christian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Wellington can thank Matt Brown and Seamus Pike for forcing both of them. Pike also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 18.
Wellington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 338 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in eight consecutive contests.
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Wellington, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Valley suffered a grim 42-20 defeat to Wellington when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Altschwager, who rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also picked up 50 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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