The Lord Botetourt Cavaliers will face off against the Cave Spring Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Lord Botetourt and Northside, and Lord Botetourt kept the tradition alive. The Cavaliers came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 28-21 on Friday. The Cavaliers pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings cut but never quite recovered from.
Aaron Lyle had a dynamite game, rushing for 114 yards and one touchdown on only 13 carries. Those 114 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Lyle was just one part of a punishing run game: Lord Botetourt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northside only rushed for 101.
Meanwhile, Cave Spring hadn't done well against Christiansburg recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way two weeks ago. The Knights blew past the Blue Demons 28-7. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Cave Spring and bumps their season record up to 4-6. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 7 points in those games. As for Lord Botetourt, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
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