Rocky River is 6-0 against Normandy since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Rocky River Pirates will challenge the Normandy Invaders at 7:00 p.m. Normandy took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Rocky River, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Rocky River didn't have too much trouble with Lakewood at home as they won 42-27. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Rangers are ranked 329th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rocky River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 206 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Normandy might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 28-13 to North Olmsted, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Invaders were down 28-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
The victory made it two in a row for Rocky River and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Normandy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Everything came up roses for Rocky River against Normandy when the teams last played back in September of 2020 as the team secured a 40-0 win. Will Rocky River repeat their success, or does Normandy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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