Football Recap: Riverside-Durham Pirates vs. East Chapel Hill Wildcats
Riverside-Durham was handed a 52-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against East Chapel Hill on Friday. The Riverside-Durham Pirates came out on top in a nail-biter against the East Chapel Hill Wildcats , sneaking past 12-10. That's more bragging rights for the Pirates, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Riverside-Durham was led to victory by Jamarion Ross and Tre Belcher. Ross rushed for 157 yards while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, while Belcher rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. Those 40 rushing yards gave Belcher a new career-high.
East Chapel Hill lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being A'Maree Evans, who rushed for 107 yards on only 13 carries.
With the victory, Riverside-Durham broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-5. As for East Chapel Hill, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-6.
Riverside-Durham has already played their next contest, a 35-14 win against Northern Durham on the 1st. As for East Chapel Hill, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 48-8 loss against Chapel Hill on the 1st.
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