The Galion Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the River Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Galion will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Pleasant on Friday. Galion blew past Pleasant 31-10. The win was some much needed relief for the Tigers as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask River Valley). Everything went their way against Highland on Friday as River Valley made off with a 38-14 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Fighting Scots are ranked 355th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Galion's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for River Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Galion was able to grind out a solid victory over River Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 42-35. The rematch might be a little tougher for Galion since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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