The Garden Valley Wolverines are taking a road trip to challenge the Cascade Ramblers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Garden Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40 points per game this season.
Garden Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Tri-Valley, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Garden Valley was ranked 18th). Garden Valley fell just short of Tri-Valley by a score of 26-24 on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Wolverines have let down their home crowd.
Garden Valley wouldn't let Tri-Valley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Garden Valley can thank Rex Fackrell and Maxon Yearsley for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave Yearsley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Cascade lost to Council at home by a 30-14 margin on Friday. The game marked the Ramblers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Cascade might have lost, but man, Cole Olson was a machine: he rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 51 yards.
This is the second loss in a row for Garden Valley and nudges their season record down to 4-2. As for Cascade, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 4-2.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Garden Valley has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 209.5 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Cascade struggles in that department as they've been averaging 275.8. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Garden Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Cascade when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garden Valley since the squad 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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