Minisink Valley is 1-9 against Cornwall Central since October of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Warriors will challenge the Dragons at 6:00 p.m. Minisink Valley is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Minisink Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Our Lady of Lourdes 52-15. Minisink Valley might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 24 points or more this season.
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Zach Filip had a dynamite game, rushing for 113 yards and two TDs on only 12 carries, while also catching one score. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Minisink Valley didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Our Lady of Lourdes to a completion percentage of just 46.7%. Minisink Valley wasn't nearly as limited: they posted one of 83.3%.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cornwall Central had no problem doing just that on Friday. They breezed past the Wildcats to the tune of 50-6. The Dragons have beaten the Wildcats the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Wildcats has come to flipping the script.
Cornwall Central's win came from a few key players Minisink Valley will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Sage Caesar, who rushed for 95 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and also threw for 39 yards and one TD. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passer rating (177.1). Another rusher making a difference was Jordan Bishop, who rushed for 171 yards and one score on only 15 carries.
Minisink Valley's record now sits at 9-0. As for Cornwall Central, their record is now 8-1.
Minisink Valley and Cornwall Central were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, but Minisink Valley suffered an agonizing 27-26 defeat. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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