Palo Verde and Green Valley are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Palo Verde Panthers will head out to challenge the Green Valley Gators at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Palo Verde is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Faith Lutheran, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Palo Verde was ranked 24th). Palo Verde was beaten by Faith Lutheran 55-15 on Thursday. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-15.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last matchup, Green Valley made sure to put some points up on the board against Silverado on Thursday. Green Valley blew past Silverado 35-14.
Among those leading the charge was Esteban Martinez, who rushed for 25 yards and two touchdowns. Green Valley also got a significant boost from Cris Dalina, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 84 yards.
Green Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
This is the second loss in a row for Palo Verde and nudges their season record down to 3-7. As for Green Valley, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-3.
Palo Verde lost to Green Valley on the road by a decisive 28-14 margin in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Green Valley's Michael Lewis, who threw for 151 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes, and also rushed for 33 yards. Now that Palo Verde knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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