The Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs will venture away from home to face off against the West Chicago Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Riverside-Brookfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.2 points per game this season.
Riverside-Brookfield is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Elmwood Park: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Riverside-Brookfield blew Elmwood Park out of the water with a 56-21 final score. With the Bulldogs ahead 28-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Giancarlo Garcia continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 91 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 171 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes. Jacob Retana also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Riverside-Brookfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
One reason for the win was Riverside-Brookfield's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. Luke Ferguson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Ferguson is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, a win for West Chicago just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 49-14 loss at the hands of Glenbard East. The Wildcats have struggled against the Rams recently, as their game on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Riverside-Brookfield is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for West Chicago, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 4-3.
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