Football Preview: Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers vs. South Pointe Stallions
The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the South Pointe Stallions at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Ridge's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Pendleton on Friday. They lost 26-0 to the Bulldogs. The game marked the first time this season in which the Fighting Tigers were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, South Pointe had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45 points) and they went ahead and made it six last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Cavaliers 56-6. The Stallions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by 29 points or more this season.
South Pointe can attribute much of their success to Mason Pickett-Hicks, who gained 237 total yards and two touchdowns, and Cam McMillon, who threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt. Pickett-Hicks is also on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last five games he's played. Jordan Collins was another key player, picking up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
South Pointe's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 3.8 points per game. As for Blue Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Blue Ridge was dealt a bruising 56-0 defeat at the hands of South Pointe in their previous matchup back in November of 2014. Thankfully for Blue Ridge, Greg Ruff (who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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