The Pine Grove Cardinals will take on the Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses dating back to last season for Pine Grove and ten for Shenandoah Valley dating back to last season.
Pine Grove is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 21-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of Panther Valley on Friday.
Although Pine Grove took the loss, they still got scores from Logan Troup and Brody Ibarra.
Meanwhile, Shenandoah Valley lost 47-23 to Marian Catholic on Friday.
Despite the loss, Shenandoah Valley saw an underclassman step up: Mikey Elchisak picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. That's the most rushing yards Joel Nunez has posted since back in August of 2023.
Shenandoah Valley's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Elchisak and Nunez. Nunez also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 93.
Pine Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Shenandoah Valley, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-4.
Pine Grove strolled past Shenandoah Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 by a score of 26-8. Will Pine Grove repeat their success, or does Shenandoah Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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