[More Cowbell]

West Carter’s defense played tremendous all game Friday night despite not having starting linebacker Ethan Jordan. The lone score for SV was a 65 yard run by Meade in the 2nd quarter. Valley entered the red zone once in the 3rd quarter from what I remember. The comets offense took off in the 2nd half led by Cline and his 3 rushing touchdowns. I expect Shelby Valley to win out and be the 2 seed in District 8 for the playoffs.

Also, according to west carter’s stats Shelby Valley had 252 yards of offense but Shelby Valley had themselves down for 290 so I’m not sure which is more accurate

I just obtained the stats from the khsaa website (I assume each team reports their own stats). It lists SV with 290, of which 288 was on the ground. Dalton Meade had 151 yards, and Jayden Newsome ended up with 101. Not sure about the discrepancy between the two teams' stats.

Still though, even if SV was 252 instead of 290, a 76 yard difference in yardage does not jibe with a 4 touchdown margin on the scoreboard. Clearly, Valley was able to run the ball with some success, but could not finish off drives with points. And credit for that goes to West Carter's defense.

Looking at the passing stats, SV was 1-7 for 2 yards. Considering that one of those incompletions was a pick-six that broke the game wide open, (and seeing that they had two 100-yard rushers for the game) one wonders why SV was passing at all? I understand keeping the defense honest, but when you've got a QB that is brand new to the position, forcing pass plays may not work out.

Oh well. Hopefully Valley will get another crack at the Comets in the playoffs.