The Riverside-Durham Pirates will take on the Chapel Hill Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Riverside-Durham is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past East Chapel Hill to the tune of 45-7 on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won five in a row.
Leighton Lascallette
| 10/17/25 vs East Chapel Hill | 212 |
| 09/05/25 @ Person | 71 |
| 08/29/25 @ Sanderson | 61 |
| 09/19/25 vs Franklinton | 53 |
| 10/10/25 vs Southern School of Energy and Sustainability | 48 |
Riverside-Durham can attribute much of their success to Jesiah Johnson, who threw for 364 yards and five TDs on only 19 passes, and Leighton Lascallette, who picked up 212 receiving yards and three scores. Those 212 receiving yards gave Lascallette a new career-high.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Chapel Hill, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Northern Durham 48-14. With that victory, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 28.1 points per game.
Riverside-Durham better keep an eye on Samuel Zimmermann. He was instrumental in Chapel Hill's win, rushing for 48 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while also throwing for 111 yards and a pair of TDs. Another player making a difference was Dominic Miller, who rushed for 59 yards and one score.
Chapel Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Chapel Hill didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Izayeha Brown and Deuce Geer.
Chapel Hill's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Riverside-Durham, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-7.
Riverside-Durham took a serious blow against Chapel Hill in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 54-14. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Pirates were down 33-6.
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