Football Preview: Rocky River Pirates vs. Perkins Pirates
Rocky River is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Perkins is on a six-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Rocky River Pirates will host the Perkins Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Saturday, Rocky River took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 42-14 victory over John Marshall. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-0.
Rocky River can attribute much of their success to Oran Grieve, who picked up 29 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, while Perkins put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Padua Franciscan. Perkins blew past Padua Franciscan 35-0 on the road. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Bruins are ranked 139th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rocky River's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Perkins, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Rocky River was dealt a bruising 59-28 defeat at the hands of Perkins in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rocky River was down 45-20.
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