The Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets will venture away from home to square off against the Vincent Memorial Scots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Palo Verde Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Southwest EC 47-18 on the road on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Yellow Jackets.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Christian Richards and he. Richards rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries while he rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Darrius Scott got in on the action as well, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Palo Verde Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Palo Verde Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kkvcmfddh5 Dominic Salcido and Scott.
Meanwhile, Vincent Memorial came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Varsity Opponent, posting a 34-7 victory at home. The Scots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 21 points or more this season.
Palo Verde Valley's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-5. As for Vincent Memorial, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Palo Verde Valley came up short against Vincent Memorial when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 28-21. Thankfully for Palo Verde Valley, Jacobo Elias (who rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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