Football Preview: Blue Ridge Tigers vs. Callisburg Wildcats
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers challenges the Callisburg Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blue Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.5 points per game this season.
Blue Ridge is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Gunter just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They were dealt a 52-21 loss at the hands of the Tigers. The matchup marked Blue Ridge's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Blue Ridge might have lost, but man, Ryder Clayton was a machine: he rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 56 receiving yards. Clayton showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 67 yards.
Even though they lost, Blue Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Callisburg). They claimed a resounding 54-14 victory over Howe. Considering the Wildcats have won three matches by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Blue Ridge's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2. As for Callisburg, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-5.
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