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Both teams played horrible! SV did nothing right on night long, but I would say that all the distractions from the field had something to do with that. They have to come in focused. Ratliff will have a great defensive plan and SV will struggle against ER. PC had this game but stupid mistakes killed them. I think that SV did a great job in containing Merchant and Varney. ANY STATS? I am sure Saunders gave SV team a good speech after the game. Look for them to show up a little more focus. This was a wake up call to the team and the community that they are not as good as some would like to think. I still feel that they are much improved and are headed in the right direction.

Agreed. They aren't as good as people liek to believe, but they aren't as bad as others like to believe either. They are much improved, but they have had a consistancy problem. I think Valley definately could have won by more in this game, but didnt seem focused. Their defense on stoping Varney and Merchant was the only good aspect of the game from both sides really.