Clearwater Valley is 1-9 against Prairie since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Clearwater Valley Rams will be playing in front of their home fans against the Prairie Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Clearwater Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Kamiah, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Clearwater Valley was ranked 23rd). Clearwater Valley was dealt a 36-0 defeat at the hands of Kamiah on Thursday. The loss leaves the Rams without a win on the season.
Clearwater Valley might have lost, but man, Tiago Pickering was a machine: he rushed for 195 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Pickering is now averaging an impressive 115.7 rushing yards per game.
Even though they lost, Clearwater Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 62-20, which was the final score in Prairie's tilt against Logos on Friday. The contest marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Clearwater Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Clearwater Valley took a serious blow against Prairie in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 46-8. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Clearwater Valley was down 30-0.
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