The Red Springs Red Devils are taking a road trip to challenge the Midway Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Red Springs is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They skirted past Clinton 36-34.
Jakelsin Mack was his usual excellent self, rushing for 194 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 84 yards. Taquan (TJ) Ellerbe was another key player, gaining 123 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Red Springs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 331 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Red Springs wouldn't let Clinton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Red Springs can thank Nathan Norton and Patrick Locklear for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Midway came tearing into Friday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 37-12 victory. Considering the Raiders have won four matches by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Red Springs' win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6. As for Midway, their victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Red Springs lost to Midway on the road by a decisive 26-12 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Red Springs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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