Football Preview: Crestview Rebels vs. Martins Ferry Purple Riders
The Crestview Rebels will challenge the Martins Ferry Purple Riders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Crestview is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing LaBrae: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Crestview blew LaBrae out of the water with a 58-25 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rebels had established a 27 point advantage.
Jake Noling was his usual excellent self, rushing for 287 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 178 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Jameson English was another key player, picking up 103 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Crestview didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kyle Booth and Grant Snyder. Mikey Proctor was another major factor on D, making 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Crestview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 408 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 229 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Martins Ferry had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.6 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They put the hurt on the Big Reds with a sharp 34-8 victory. 34 seems to be a good number for the Purple Riders as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Crestview pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Martins Ferry, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
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