The Ravenwood Raptors are taking a road trip to challenge the Summit Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ravenwood has six straight victories, Summit has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Ravenwood's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Independence at home to the tune of 37-0. Given the Raptors' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Eagles are ranked 104th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ravenwood found their leader in underclassman Caden Pace, who rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Pace a new career-high in rushing yards. Davis Dowland was in the mix too, providing Ravenwood with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ravenwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Independence only rushed for 65.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 38-7, which was the final score in Summit's tilt against Franklin on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by exactly 31 points.
Ravenwood pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Summit, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
Ravenwood strolled past Summit when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 24-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ravenwood since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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