Football Preview: Rivercrest Rebels vs. Honey Grove Warriors
The Rivercrest Rebels and the Honey Grove Warriors are set to duel on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Rivercrest comes in on five and Honey Grove on three.
Last Friday, Rivercrest earned a 33-21 win over Alba-Golden.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Honey Grove). They breezed by Como-Pickton on the road to the tune of 54-7 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-0.
Grant Cheney was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns. His longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Honey Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 381 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Rivercrest's record is now 5-0. As for Honey Grove, their record is now 5-1.
Rivercrest was taken down by Honey Grove 54-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Rivercrest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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