The Rocky River Ravens will venture away from home to challenge the Berry Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rocky River is looking for their season?s first victory.
Rocky River's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Monroe on Friday. They were beaten by the Redhawks 55-0. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Redhawks are ranked 35th).
Meanwhile, Berry was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 21-15 to Hopewell.
Berry wouldn't let Hopewell keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Berry can thank Jaiden Hudson and Miles Smith for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Hudson is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Rocky River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Berry, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Rocky River barely slipped by Berry when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 21-20. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Berry's Tanner Bushee, who rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 155 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Rocky River to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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