Football Recap: Chapel Hill Tigers vs. Riverside-Durham Pirates
Chapel Hill's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Thursday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 54-14 victory over the Riverside-Durham Pirates. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-6.
Chapel Hill had a senior duo take command as Josh Roberson rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries and Tyler Jackson rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. Those 164 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Jackson. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonah Berman, who threw for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chapel Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 391 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Despite the loss, Riverside-Durham still got an impressive performance from Jamarion Ross, who rushed for 155 yards on only 15 carries, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Chapel Hill's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Riverside-Durham, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Chapel Hill didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 49-0 victory against Northern Durham on the 18th. Riverside-Durham has also already played their next contest, a 52-0 defeat against Jordan on the 18th.
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