The Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves will face off against the Williams Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cedar Ridge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with 19 straight losses, while Williams will come in with seven straight victories.
Cedar Ridge's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Western Alamance on Friday. They took a blow against the Warriors, falling 54-0. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Red Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 398th, while the Warriors are ranked 111th).
Meanwhile, Williams humbled Western Alamance with a 49-21 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 24 points or more this season.
Dan Mahan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 236 yards and five touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 147 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Another player making a difference was Kristopher Rogers, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries.
Cedar Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Williams, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Cedar Ridge was taken down by Williams 49-7 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mahan, who threw for 152 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Now that Cedar Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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