The Licking Valley Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Licking Valley is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
Licking Valley will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 35) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Granville 22-19.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon duked it out withLicking Heights. in a bug-themed battle on Friday. Mt. Vernon took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Licking Heights. The Yellowjackets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mt. Vernon might have lost, but man, Mason Richards was a machine: he rushed for 192 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Those 192 rushing yards gave Richards a new career-high. Mt. Vernon also got a significant boost from Mavrik Gregory, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 119 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mt. Vernon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 321 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Licking Valley pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Mt. Vernon, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
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