With a playoff game on the line, Virgin Valley rose to the challenge on Friday. They walked away with a 13-6 victory over the Moapa Valley Pirates. For the Bulldogs, this counts as revenge for the 27-7 win the Pirates walked away with the last time they faced one another two weeks ago.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Virgin Valley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Koby Perry, who threw for 164 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. What's more, Perry also racked up 25 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in September. A healthy portion of Perry's aerial production (104 yards to be exact) went to Mason Montoya, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Virgin Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Montoya and Maverick Ludvigson.
Virgin Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.6 points per game. As for Moapa Valley, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-2.
Virgin Valley will face off against Truckee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Truckee's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last five matches. Moapa Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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