The Indian Valley Braves will challenge the Ridgewood Generals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after seven-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Indian Valley's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Garaway's usually-dominant defense. Indian Valley managed a 40-35 victory over Garaway. The 40-point effort marked the Braves' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Grady Kinsey was his usual excellent self, rushing for 324 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.5 yards per carry. Those 324 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: 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 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Indian Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kyler Vosick and Carsen Hostetler.
Meanwhile, Ridgewood made easy work of Sandy Valley on Friday and carried off a 35-9 win. Fans of the Generals have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Indian Valley's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Ridgewood, their record now sits at an identical 7-0.
Indian Valley took their win against Ridgewood in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 34-12. The rematch might be a little tougher for Indian Valley since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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