The Valor Christian Eagles's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Arvada West Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Valor Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Dakota Ridge, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Valor Christian was ranked second). Valor Christian was the clear victor by a 32-7 margin over Dakota Ridge on Saturday. Valor Christian's victory was all the more impressive since Dakota Ridge was averaging only 10.43 points allowed on the season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Valor Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Arvada West had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They breezed by the Panthers on the road to the tune of 42-0. The Wildcats pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had no chance of recovering from.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Arvada West's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Alyssa Alberts and Alex Antill, who racked up five sacks between them.
Valor Christian's win bumped their record up to 11-1. As for Arvada West, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2.
Valor Christian ended up a good deal behind Arvada West when the teams last played back in September, losing 27-12. Can Valor Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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