The Ridge Red Devil will square off against the Rahway Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Ridge comes in on seven and Rahway on three.
Last Friday, Ridge didn't have too much trouble with Westfield as they won 28-10. Given the Red Devil's advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 67th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Rahway made easy work of Montgomery on Friday and carried off a 28-3 victory. Considering the Indians have won six matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Andrew Avent and Ja-Quan Robinson were among the main playmakers for Rahway as the former rushed for 144 yards and a touchdown and the latter threw for 189 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes. Avent also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss). 89 of Robinson's passing yards were hauled in by Ziare Fields, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Ridge pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Rahway, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
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