Palisade has gone 10-0 against Eagle Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Palisade Bulldogs will venture away from home to square off against the Eagle Valley Devils at 6:00 p.m. Palisade will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Palisade is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Steamboat Springs 50-7 on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won four matches by 32 points or more so far this season.
Easton Embrey was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Hayward, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Palisade was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Eagle Valley hadn't done well against Rifle recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Eagle Valley blew past Rifle 21-0. The Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 21 points or more this season.
Keaden Lake continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 96 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, while also throwing for 119 yards and a touchdown. Those 96 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Palisade's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for Eagle Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Palisade didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Eagle Valley in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 21-16 win. Will Palisade repeat their success, or does Eagle Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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