The Sandy Valley Cardinals will head out to challenge the Indian Valley Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sandy Valley comes in on three and Indian Valley on five.
Sandy Valley's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 45-0 victory over Tuscarawas Central Catholic. The game marked the Cardinals' most dominant win of the season so far.
The critical scores for Sandy Valley came from Jack Murphy, Natch Overly, Shawn Brooks, Lukas Gilland, Luke Williams, and Williams.
Meanwhile, Indian Valley was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Buckeye Trail 49-8 at home. Given the Braves' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Warriors are ranked 374th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grady Kinsey continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 246 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 143 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Indian Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 364 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Sandy Valley now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Indian Valley, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Sandy Valley was dealt a bruising 40-6 defeat at the hands of Indian Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kinsey, who rushed for 123 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that Sandy 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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