Salmon River and Tri-Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Salmon River Savages are taking a road trip to face off against the Tri-Valley Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Salmon River is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Salmon River will head out to face Tri-Valley after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. The match between Salmon River and Cascade wasn't particularly close, with Salmon River falling 34-16. The game marked the Savages' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Tri-Valley faced Council in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Tri-Valley fell to Council 50-46. The Titans have struggled against the Lumberjacks recently, as their game on Friday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Tri-Valley wouldn't let Council keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Tri-Valley can thank Elias Devries and Wyatt Moura for forcing all of them. Moura also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Even though they lost, Tri-Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Salmon River's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Tri-Valley, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-1.
Salmon River took a serious blow against Tri-Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 50-6. Can Salmon River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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