Football Preview: Riverview Pirates vs. Flat Rock Rams
Riverview has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Friday. They are headed away from home for the first time to face off against the Flat Rock Rams at 7:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Riverview's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Huron offense got past them. Riverview put the hurt on Huron with a sharp 51-31 win last Friday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Chiefs are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Flat Rock put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 66-29 victory over Jefferson on the road. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rams had established a 24 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Flat Rock to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ben Scully, who rushed for 144 yards on only 15 carries. The dominant performance gave Scully a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Graham Junge, who threw for 61 yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Flat Rock was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Riverview's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Flat Rock, their record is now 4-0.
Riverview came out on top in a nail-biter against Flat Rock when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 36-34. The rematch might be a little tougher for Riverview since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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