Forest won the last time they faced West Port and things went their way on Friday too. The Wildcats took down the Wolf Pack 34-15. The Wildcats pushed the score to 27-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wolf Pack cut but never quite recovered from.
Keziyrehun Rivers
| 09/12/25 @ Horizon | 238 |
| 09/19/25 vs Gainesville | 179 |
| 10/24/25 vs West Port | 152 |
| 10/17/25 vs Davenport | 141 |
| 10/10/25 @ Lake Minneola | 117 |
| + 4 more games |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Forest to victory, but perhaps none more so than Keziyrehun Rivers, who rushed for 152 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Rivers is becoming a predictor of the Wildcats' success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 5-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Caleb Sanford was another key signal caller, throwing for 153 yards and one touchdown while completing 81.2% of his passes.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. They are a perfect 5-0 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Forest's defense stepped up as well, laying out Seshen Fraser nine times. The team can thank three different players for their defensive prowess: Keyontae Davenport, Knox Boutwell, and Daylin Eason, who each picked up 1.5 sacks apiece.
Although West Port took the loss, they still got scores from Fraser and Jordan Honor.
The win (which was Forest's third in a row) raised their record to 6-3. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.0 points on average over those games. As for West Port, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.
Forest has already played their next game, a 19-6 defeat against Vanguard on the 31st. As for West Port, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 55-13 loss against Belleview on the 30th.
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