East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The East Stroudsburg South Cavaliers will square off against the Pleasant Valley Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Stroudsburg South has four straight victories, Pleasant Valley has ten straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
East Stroudsburg South is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing East Stroudsburg North: they outscored them in every quarter. East Stroudsburg South blew past East Stroudsburg North 40-18 on Friday. The Cavaliers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Valley lost to Stroudsburg on the road by a 35-21 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 438th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 170th).
East Stroudsburg South's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. As for Pleasant Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything came up roses for East Stroudsburg South against Pleasant Valley when the teams last played back in September, as the squad secured a 54-14 victory. Will East Stroudsburg South repeat their success, or does Pleasant Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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