Two dominant backs in Ayomide Ogundipe and Javon Bell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Moon Valley Rockets will welcome the Peoria Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Moon Valley will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Last Friday, Moon Valley earned a 14-6 victory over Greenway.
Moon Valley got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ogundipe out in front who picked up 73 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 89 yards.incredibly, Ogundipe got all that yardage with just one huge grab Tristen Ely was another key back, rushing for 62 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Moon Valley's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Gary Chandler with 2.5. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played. Moon Valley got some further help from Carmelo Goe: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Peoria). They blew past Glendale 47-19 on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Panthers who have now won three contests in a row.
Bell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 121 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. Another player making a difference was Dontay Tyson Jr, who picked up 22 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Peoria was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Peoria wouldn't let Glendale keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Peoria can thank Carlos Nunez and Angel Vasquez for forcing both of them.
Moon Valley has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Peoria, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Moon Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Peoria in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 21-10. Does Moon Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Peoria turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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