Valley and Deer Lakes are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Valley Vikings and the Deer Lakes Lancers are set to duel on Friday. Valley is looking for their season's first win.
Last Friday, Valley lost to East Allegheny at home by a 41-26 margin. The Vikings were right on the edge of victory: they outscored the Wild Cats in the fourth quarter 14-6.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Deer Lakes' offense. They were beaten by Imani Christian Academy 48-0 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 167th, while the Saints are ranked 49th).
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Deer Lakes, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2.
Valley was taken down by Deer Lakes 39-6 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Deer Lakes' Derek Burk, who threw for 228 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Valley 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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