The Spring Valley Vikings are taking a road trip to take on the Ridge View Blazers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Spring Valley is looking for their season's first win.
Spring Valley is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against West Florence on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Spring Valley was beaten by West Florence 53-12. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Knights are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, Ridge View unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They had to suffer through a 49-6 loss at the hands of Sumter. The Blazers haven't had much luck with the Gamecocks recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Spring Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Ridge View, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
Spring Valley took a serious blow against Ridge View in their previous matchup back in October, falling 54-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ridge View's Derek (Tre) Howard Iii, who threw for 300 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.3 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Now that Spring 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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