Brian’s Best: Chatfield vs Eden Valley-Watkins

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On this Thanksgiving Day, the Chatfield Gophers and the Eden Valley Watkins football teams have plenty to be thankful for. Although EVW's season ended last week at the hands of Chatfield, both teams had great seasons and had multiple players who showed up and played great games in this Class AA state semifinal game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["112047"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Backer was, far and away, the most impressive player on the field. Defensively, he made a great open field tackle on a swing pass. 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