The Pleasant Grove Vikings will venture away from home to face off against the Riverton Silverwolves at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Pleasant Grove is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Pleasant Grove is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Lehi on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pleasant Grove had to suffer through a 38-7 loss at the hands of Lehi. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah football rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Pioneers are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Riverton). Everything went their way against Copper Hills on Friday as Riverton made off with a 42-19 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Silverwolves considering their 11-point performance the game before.
It was another big night for Andrew Neilson, who rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also threw for 107 yards and three touchdowns. Seth Glover was in the mix too, providing Riverton with two touchdowns.
Pleasant Grove's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Riverton, with the victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-7.
Pleasant Grove ended up a good deal behind Riverton in their previous matchup back in September, losing 21-7. Can Pleasant Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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