Valley loses key starter in loss to Spur

It may be a season of what could have been, after Valley fell to Spur 62–42 on the road—despite drumming up lots of noise in support of their team. The Patriots (4–4, 0–1) were up 36–30 at half but lost a key starter, Brayson Cruse, to injury and was outscored 32–6 in the second half. Spur’s Cory Hamilton (6–2, 1–0) amassed 132 yards on 18 carries with two scores. Adrian Valdes paced the…