Football Preview: Riverdale Raiders vs. North Fort Myers Red Knights
Riverdale and North Fort Myers are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2015, but not for long. The Riverdale Raiders will square off against the North Fort Myers Red Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Riverdale is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 48 points back in September, they were much more limited against Cape Coral on Friday. They took a 13-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Seahawks. The contest marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, North Fort Myers waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Jaguars , sneaking past 16-14. Given the Red Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Jaguars are ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for North Fort Myers came from Adrian Scott and Kirtis Denham.
With the loss, Riverdale broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-1. As for North Fort Myers, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Riverdale couldn't quite finish off North Fort Myers in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 and fell 24-22. Can Riverdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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