River Ridge and Etowah are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The River Ridge Knights are on the road again on Tuesday and plays the Etowah Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on March 5th. River Ridge will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 113th, while Etowah is ranked ninth).
In what's become a running theme this season, River Ridge gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They never let Northwest Whitfield onto the board and left with a 7-0 win. With that win, River Ridge brought their scoring average up to 2.8 goals per game.
They hit Northwest Whitfield with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Pope Scurlock (3),
Alli Craig (2),
Arianna Thiel, and
Savannah Styron.
Meanwhile, Etowah put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They had just enough and edged Milton out 1-0.
River Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Etowah, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
River Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Etowah when the teams last played back in March of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for River Ridge since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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