Eagle Valley is 0-10 against Palisade since October of 2014 but things could change on Thursday. The Eagle Valley Devils will face off against the Palisade Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Palisade is hoping to do what Rifle couldn't on Friday: put an end to Eagle Valley's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Eagle Valley never let Rifle onto the board and left with a 21-0 win.
Keaden Lake was his usual excellent self, rushing for 96 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, while also throwing for 119 yards and a touchdown. Those 96 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palisade). They took their game on Thursday with ease, bagging a 50-7 victory over Steamboat Springs. The win was nothing new for the Bulldogs as they're now sitting on four straight.
Easton Embrey was a one-man wrecking crew for Palisade as he rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Hayward, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Palisade was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in eight consecutive contests.
Eagle Valley's victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3. As for Palisade, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Eagle Valley came up short against Palisade in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 21-16. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palisade's Keden Everett, who rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Eagle Valley 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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