The Northern Durham Knights and the Riverside-Durham Pirates are set to duel on Friday. Northern Durham is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Northern Durham is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Jordan on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northern Durham was beaten by Jordan 63-7. The Knights were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 56-7.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They skirted past East Chapel Hill 12-10.
Riverside-Durham relied on the efforts of Jamarion Ross, who rushed for 157 yards while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and Tre Belcher, who rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Belcher a new career-high in rushing yards.
Northern Durham's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Riverside-Durham, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5.
Northern Durham was dealt a bruising 42-14 defeat at the hands of Riverside-Durham in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ross, who rushed for 280 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per carry. Now that Northern Durham knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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