Porter Ridge has gone 3-0 against West Cabarrus recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Porter Ridge Pirates will welcome the West Cabarrus Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. Porter Ridge will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, Porter Ridge was fully in charge, breezing past Hickory Ridge 56-14 on the road. Fans of the Pirates have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Porter Ridge can attribute much of their success to Christian Myers, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown, and Kisiah Harris, who gained 111 total yards and a touchdown. Harris got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 71 yards. Another player making a difference was Rai'Shawn Elmore, who gained 37 total yards and two touchdowns.
Porter Ridge's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Payton Ryder and Makai Henriquez. Ryder also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making a tackle and defending a pass in addition to snagging two interceptions.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Porter Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, West Cabarrus came up short against Olympic on Friday and fell 41-28. The Wolverines haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Porter Ridge's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for West Cabarrus, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything went Porter Ridge's way against West Cabarrus when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Porter Ridge made off with a 31-7 victory. Does Porter Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Cabarrus turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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