Ridge has won five straight games at home, while Ramapo has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Ridge Red Devil will host the Ramapo Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Ridge's defense has only allowed 14.8 points per game this season, so Ramapo's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Rahway by a score of 22-14. The 22-point effort marked the Red Devil's lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ramapo). They blew past Randolph 47-27 on Friday. The Raiders pushed the score to 45-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rams cut but never quite recovered from.
Casey Grusser was his usual excellent self, throwing for 316 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Ramapo also got a significant boost from Liam Hayward, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 81 yards.
Ramapo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Ramapo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Michael Ballan and Charlie Wingfield. Wingfield also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 96.
Ridge's record now sits at 8-1. As for Ramapo, their record now sits at 6-3.
Ridge came up short against Ramapo in their previous matchup back in November of 2022, falling 34-27. Thankfully for Ridge, Jack Grusser (who threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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