On Saturday, North Pole faced West Valley in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The North Pole Patriots took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 33-0 win over the West Valley Wolf Pack. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won five contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Leading North Pole to victory were Taimane Skipps and Jade Skipps. Taimane rushed for 47 yards and two touchdowns, while Jade rushed for 80 yards on only seven carries. Jade also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack, making a tackle, and defending two passes. Jordi Darby got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Pole was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 225 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
North Pole didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Darby picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
North Pole pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for West Valley, they are on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
As of now, neither North Pole nor West Valley have any future games scheduled.
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