The Orrville Red Riders will venture away from home to square off against the Fairless Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Orrville came up short against Manchester on Friday, falling 31-11. While losing is never fun, the Red Riders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Panthers are ranked 137th).
Meanwhile, Fairless' undefeated season came to an end after three games two weeks ago. They fell 17-7 to Triway. That makes it the first time this season the Falcons have let down their home crowd.
This is the second loss in a row for Orrville and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for Fairless, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Orrville was able to grind out a solid victory over Fairless in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 38-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orrville since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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