Football Preview: Porter Ridge Pirates vs. R-S Central Hilltoppers
Two dominant backs in Kisiah Harris and Karlen Mcentyre are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Porter Ridge Pirates will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the R-S Central Hilltoppers at 7:00 p.m. Porter Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.4 points per game this season.
Porter Ridge will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Cuthbertson on Friday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 49-point loss they were dealt two weeks ago. Porter Ridge fell just short of Cuthbertson by a score of 15-12.
Although Porter Ridge took the loss, they still got scores from Emmanuel Chambers and Rai'Shawn Elmore.
Meanwhile, R-S Central took their matchup at home last Monday with ease, bagging a 48-20 win over Polk County. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hilltoppers had established a 21 point advantage.
Elmer Littlejohn continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 152 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
R-S Central wouldn't let Polk County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. R-S Central can thank Markus Hooper and Jacob Hudgins for forcing both of them. Hudgins is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last ten games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, R-S Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Porter Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for R-S Central, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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