North Thurston is on a seven-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and River Ridge a six-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The North Thurston Rams will be playing in front of their home fans against the River Ridge Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
North Thurston's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Capital on Friday. They had to suffer through a 40-0 loss at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Cougars are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, River Ridge scored the most points they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They were outmatched by Peninsula and fell 48-20. The Hawks were down 41-14 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
North Thurston will need to focus on slowing down Kain Aguon, one of several River Ridge players who made an impact when they last played. He picked up 93 receiving yards and one touchdown.
River Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for North Thurston, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
North Thurston took a serious blow against River Ridge in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 41-6. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Rams were down 28-0.
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