Football Preview: Ridge View Blazers vs. West Florence Knights
The Ridge View Blazers will venture away from home to take on the West Florence Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ridge View is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36 points per game this season.
Ridge View's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Lugoff-Elgin at home to the tune of 50-0. The Blazers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 24 points or more this season.
Derek (Tre) Howard Iii was his usual excellent self, throwing for 280 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 35 yards. Khristian Jackson was Howard Iii's top target, picking up 98 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Ridge View's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Darryl Spencer was especially locked on to Lugoff-Elgin's QB and sacked him three times.
Meanwhile, West Florence didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Blythewood on Friday, but they still walked away with a 19-14 victory.
The win was the third in a row for Ridge View, bringing their record for this year to 4-3. As for West Florence, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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