Valley View has gone 8-2 against North Pocono recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Valley View Cougars will take on the North Pocono Trojans at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley View has five straight wins, North Pocono has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Valley View's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Scranton's usually-dominant defense. Valley View walked away with a 34-21 victory over Scranton.
Valley View's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Preston Reed, who rushed for 202 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Reed a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Zach Cwalinski, who rushed for 48 yards and three touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Valley View was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, North Pocono ended up a good deal behind Dallas on Friday and lost 45-28.
Valley View's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for North Pocono, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
Valley View beat North Pocono 14-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Does Valley View have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Pocono turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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