Plateau Valley's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to West Grand on Friday. The Plateau Valley Cowboys walked away with a 40-30 win over the Hayden Tigers. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Cowboys were the better team in the second half.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Plateau Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Plateau Valley's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Virgil James Kuper and Heston Bevan, who racked up five sacks between them. Kuper also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 193.
Despite the loss, Hayden still got an impressive performance from Joe Harris, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Harris was even better on defense, picking up a sack, making 18 total tackles, and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception. Danek Demorat got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Plateau Valley pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Hayden, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Plateau Valley will welcome Lake County at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Plateau Valley is facing Lake County at the right time seeing as Lake County is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Hayden, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers faces off against Rangely at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. They are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.7 points per game this season.
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