Heritage and Loudoun Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Heritage Pride will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Loudoun Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Heritage was fully in charge, breezing past Dominion 56-6 on the road. The match marked the Pride's most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Loudoun Valley). They blew past Rocktown 55-0 on the road on Friday. Considering the Vikings have won three games by more than 30 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Loudoun Valley found their leader in underclassman Chase Loftis, who picked up a sack, forced two fumbles, and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss). What's more, Ethan Lafollette also racked up 148 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Zach Detweiler, who rushed for 20 yards and a touchdown.
Loudoun Valley wouldn't let Rocktown keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Loudoun Valley can thank Loftis and Jack Rowell for forcing all of them. Loftis is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
Heritage's win ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-4. As for Loudoun Valley, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Heritage ended up a good deal behind Loudoun Valley when the teams last played back in October of 2023, losing 28-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lafollette, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. Now that Heritage knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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