The Central Valley Christian Cavaliers will take on the Reedley Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Central Valley Christian has three straight wins, Reedley has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Central Valley Christian's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Washington Union with a sharp 26-0 victory. That 26 point margin sets a new team best for the Cavaliers this season.
Micah Paden continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 90 yards and two touchdowns. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Central Valley Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Austin Reed and Caden Ritchie. Ritchie also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, Reedley and Kingsburg met for a duel on Friday where Reedley had to take the L. Reedley was dealt a 49-14 defeat at the hands of Kingsburg. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 645th, while the Vikings are ranked 242nd).
Central Valley Christian's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4. As for Reedley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
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