Football Preview: Riverside Generals vs. Bolles Bulldogs
After three games on the road, Riverside is heading back home. They will welcome the Bolles Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Riverside was fully in charge, breezing past Englewood 43-6 on the road. Given the Generals' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Rams are ranked 395th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bolles had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.6 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with a 26-0 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 25 points or more this season.
Bolles found their leader in underclassman Xander Edwards, who rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Bolles' defense and their six sacks. Andrew Jackson's QB won't forget Asher Ghioto anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
Riverside is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Bolles, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Riverside didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Bolles in their previous meeting back in August of 2017, but they still walked away with a 28-23 victory. Does Riverside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bolles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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