The Perkiomen Valley Vikings will square off against the Spring-Ford Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Perkiomen Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 42-7 win over Boyertown. The victory was familiar territory for the Vikings who have now won three matches in a row.
Meanwhile, Spring-Ford made easy work of Methacton on Friday and carried off a 28-7 win. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Warriors are ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Jamal Lewis, who rushed for 233 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Spring-Ford's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Bryce Roberts, Dailyn Palmer, Braden Welsh, and Jack Strzeminski picked up one apiece. Nick Garzarella was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Spring-Ford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Perkiomen Valley's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for Spring-Ford, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Perkiomen Valley suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Spring-Ford in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spring-Ford's Matt Zollers, who threw for 208 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Perkiomen Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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