The Riverwood Raiders will take on the Sprayberry Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Riverwood will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Riverwood had to suffer through a 45-7 loss at the hands of Creekview. The Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 31-7.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sprayberry, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They took down Sequoyah 31-17 on Friday.
Sprayberry's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ian Hulbert, who rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and Jaden Duckett, who rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Hulbert a new career-high in rushing yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Sprayberry's defense and their three sacks. Brock Trout was especially locked on to Sequoyah's QB and sacked him twice. Sprayberry got some further help from Everett Currie: he made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Sprayberry was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Riverwood's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Sprayberry, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Riverwood was able to grind out a solid victory over Sprayberry when the teams last played back in October of 2015, winning 17-6. Does Riverwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sprayberry turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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