Football Preview: Moorefield Yellow Jackets vs. Roane County Raiders
The Moorefield Yellow Jackets are on the road again on Friday to play the Roane County Raiders. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Moorefield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Berkeley Springs 57-14 last Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Roane County put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Ripley 43-7. The Raiders pushed the score to 43-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings cut but never quite recovered from.
Roane County had a senior duo take command as Lane Watson rushed for 140 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries and Shay Harper rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Those 164 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Harper.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Roane County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 424 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 300 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups.
Roane County pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.2 points per game. As for Moorefield, their record now sits at 4-6.
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