Valentine entered their tilt with Kearney Catholic on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They secured a 20-14 W over the Kearney Catholic Stars.
The critical scores for Valentine came from Sutton Schrunk and Andon Olson.
One reason for the win was Valentine's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Jordan Bailey. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Despite the defeat, Kearney Catholic saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jacob Bosshamer rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 219 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Bosshamer has posted since back in August.
Valentine's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Kearney Catholic, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2.
Valentine will have a chance to go back-to-back against Kearney Catholic: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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