Riverview is on a nine-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Forrest City a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Riverview Raiders will welcome the Forrest City Mustangs at 7:00 p.m.
Riverview is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Mills University Studies on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Riverview had to suffer through a 63-7 loss at the hands of Mills University Studies. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Comets are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Forrest City). They breezed by Bald Knob at home to the tune of 44-14 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Mustangs considering their 12-point performance the game before.
Forrest City found their leader in underclassman Kendrick Patterson, who threw for 95 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 30 yards. Patterson has become a key player for Forrest City: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise.
Riverview's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Forrest City, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
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