The Mater Academy East Las Vegas Knights will face off against the Virgin Valley Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Awaken Christian at home to the tune of 49-12 on Friday. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Virgin Valley came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 26-16 win over the Bulls.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Drew Dixon and Damien Nevil. Dixon had a great game and rushed for 196 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Nevil was balling out in the loss, picking up 72 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 109 yards.
Virgin Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sports Leadership & Management only rushed for 174.
Virgin Valley wouldn't let Sports Leadership & Management keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Elian Pinto was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Virgin Valley, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas was dealt a bruising 51-14 loss at the hands of Virgin Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mater Academy East Las Vegas was down 28-6.
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