The Valley View Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Wallenpaupack Area Buckhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley View is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
Valley View is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since September 22, 2023 on Friday. They put the hurt on Wyoming Valley West with a sharp 35-10 win. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Spartans are ranked 477th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Valley View relied on the efforts of Nick Kucharski, who rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and Zach Cwalinski, who threw for 135 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes. The dominant performance gave Kucharski a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Valley View was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Wallenpaupack Area had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Pittston by a score of 22-10 on Friday.
A big part of Wallenpaupack Area's victory came down to the chemistry between Drew Kiesendahl and his top target Michael Passenti. Kiesendahl rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown while Passenti picked up 72 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Valley View's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Wallenpaupack Area, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-5.
Valley View strolled past Wallenpaupack Area in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 31-16. Will Valley View repeat their success, or does Wallenpaupack Area have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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