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Valley has a good 2A football team and will win a bunch of games this season. The running backs are solid, but the guy who impressed me was the quarterback, Varney. He is athletic and tough and plays like a senior should.
In reality, the Bulldogs should have led this game by at least three scores at the half. They had much more yardage in the first half than Valley, but SV's defense would stiffen when necessary.
There was NO conditioning issue for the Bulldogs and there certainly was a speed differential, but it appeared to be the reverse of what everyone predicted. SV could not catch a 230 pound fullback, a 4.7 wide receiver or a sophomore kick return specialist.
SV did appear quicker at the line of scrimmage, but that is not where speed kills. Speed kills in space and LC had that in a variety of forms and made SV pay over the course of a full game.
That said, the key was when Valley scored to cut it to 28-14, the Dawgs got the huge KO return by Lance Clay.
My hat is off to all the kids from Valley. They have the second best team Lawrence County has faced and I believe they will win the majority of their games handily.
Last night simply spun out of their control on the strength of big plays by a big, physical, skilled and hungry football team. But also a team that better not get so used to singing its own praises - that can be poison.