It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Rahway can now relate to. They fell 22-14 to the Ridge Red Devil on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Red Devil are ranked 20th).
When it comes to explaining why Rahway lost, don't look at Andrew Avent. Despite the final result, he rushed for 239 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. Avent showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 61 yards.
Even though they lost, Rahway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in ten consecutive matches.
The defeat snapped Rahway's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-3 record. As for Ridge, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Rahway does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ridge, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Ramapo, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Ramapo will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Ridge surely won't give up without a fight.
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