Football Game Preview: Daniel Lions vs. Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers + How To Watch

Two dominant signal callers in Jace Grass and Gavin Forrester are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Daniel Lions will take on the Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Daniel is coming into the game hot, having won their last six games.

Daniel is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Pickens: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Lions blew the Blue Flame out of the water with a 52-7 final score. With the Lions ahead 31-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.

Kingsten Bibb

Receiving Yards (Career)

10/17/25 vs Pickens	120
08/22/25 @ Chapman	70
08/29/25 vs Stratford	58
09/19/25 @ Clinton	38
10/10/25 @ Travelers Rest	28

Kingsten Bibb continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, picking up 120 receiving yards and a pair of scores, while also rushing for 81 yards and two TDs on only five carries. Those 120 receiving yards gave him a new career-high.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Daniel proved: they limited Pickens to a paltry 2.9 yards per carry. While four picked up at least five total tackles, Scotty Kelly stood above the rest. He made five total tackles (1.0 for loss) and snagged an interception. Daniel's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.54 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 7.03 on average over their last five games.

The home team had come away the winner the last five times Blue Ridge and Travelers Rest had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Fighting Tigers blew past the Devildogs 48-24 on Friday. The Fighting Tigers pushed the score to 35-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Devildogs cut but never quite recovered from.

Blue Ridge's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Daniel, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.

Everything came up roses for Daniel against Blue Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 63-14 win. In that game, the Lions amassed a halftime lead of 56-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.