The River Forest Ingots will venture away from home to challenge the Rensselaer Central Bombers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
River Forest's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 35-0 win over Hammond Bishop Noll on the road. The result was nothing new for the Ingots, who have now won four contests by 35 points or more so far this season.
Ayden Silver was his usual excellent self, rushing for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 190 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (86 yards to be exact) went to Levi Harper, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, River Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 179 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rensselaer Central). They blew past Benton Central, posting a 59-0 victory at home. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Bombers as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
River Forest now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Rensselaer Central, their victory bumped their record up to 2-5.
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