On Saturday, Roosevelt faced Ballou in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Roosevelt Roughriders strolled past the Ballou Knights with points to spare, taking the game 47-29. The Roughriders have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Knights, too.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Roosevelt to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jalyn Russ, who posted 14 points. Another player making a difference was Kaylen Harris, who earned 11 points.
Roosevelt is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.7 points per game. As for Ballou, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-10.
Roosevelt will head out to challenge MacArthur at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ballou has already played their next contest (against Idea), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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