Batavia hasn't had much luck against New Richmond recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Batavia Bulldogs will face off against the New Richmond Lions at 7:00 p.m. Batavia will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Batavia will bounce into Friday's game after beating Wilmington, who they hadn't topped in eight consecutive meetings. Batavia came out on top against Wilmington by a score of 28-21 on Friday.
Meanwhile, everything went New Richmond's way against Western Brown on Friday as New Richmond made off with a 38-16 win. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 22 points or more this season.
Dylan Wolf was his usual excellent self, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 69 yards. Cohen Manning also helped with two touchdowns in total.
New Richmond's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. The heavy lifting was done by Kaleb Frasure and Jacob Pryor, who racked up four sacks between them. Frasure also sacked two sacks, which is notable because New Richmond is undefeated when he posts at least two sacks, but 1-2 otherwise. Another thorn in Western Brown's side was Silas Jacob, who made 14 total tackles and snagged an interception.
Batavia's record is now 6-1. As for New Richmond, their record now sits at 5-2.
Batavia strolled past New Richmond in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 52-34. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was New Richmond's Braylon Patchell, who rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Batavia still be able to contain Patchell? There's only one way to find out.
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