Preview: Rider vs. Northwest
Rider has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Northwest Texans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Rider will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 396th, while Northwest is ranked 163rd).
Last Friday, Rider and Granbury finished up on equal footing with a 3-3 draw.
Meanwhile, Northwest entered their tilt with Granbury with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Northwest never let Granbury onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Tuesday. Give Northwest's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Rider's draw gives them a new season record of 8-10-3. As for Northwest, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-6 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
