The Martins Ferry Purple Riders will venture away from home to challenge the Crestview Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Crestview is hoping to do what Bellaire couldn't on Friday: put an end to Martins Ferry's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Everything went Martins Ferry's way against Bellaire as Martins Ferry made off with a 34-8 victory. 34 seems to be a good number for the Purple Riders as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Crestview and LaBrae met for a duel on Friday where Crestview prevailed. Crestview claimed a resounding 58-25 victory over LaBrae. The Rebels pushed the score to 52-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings had little chance of recovering from.
Jake Noling was his usual excellent self, rushing for 287 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 178 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Crestview also got help from Jameson English, who showed off his sure hands for 103 receiving yards.
Crestview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 408 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Crestview didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kyle Booth and Grant Snyder. Crestview got some further help from Mikey Proctor: he made 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Martins Ferry pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Crestview, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
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