The Wooster Colts will challenge the North Valleys Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Wooster's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Galena on Thursday. They were dealt a 47-0 defeat at the hands of the Grizzlies. The loss continues a trend for the Colts in their matchups with the Grizzlies: they've now lost four in a row.
Even if they lost, Wooster's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Leading the way was Lonnie Harrison with two.
Meanwhile, North Valleys came into Thursday's contest having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They took their matchup on Thursday with ease, bagging a 40-6 victory over Hug. Considering the Panthers have won four games by more than 26 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead North Valleys to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mikole Almond, who threw for 150 yards and three touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Bryce Kaiser helped Almond out on the ground, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
North Valleys was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Wooster's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for North Valleys, their win bumped their record up to 4-6.
Wooster was taken down by North Valleys 42-14 in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Valleys' Hayden Lewis, who rushed for 162 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that Wooster knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps