The Allatoona Buccaneers are taking a road trip to take on the River Ridge Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Allatoona took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 31-29 victory over South Paulding.
Xavier Rucker went supernova for Allatoona, rushing for 185 yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Rucker is now averaging an impressive 125 rushing yards per game. Ethan Corpus also helped out as he racked up 114 rushing yards.
Allatoona was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, everything went River Ridge's way against Denmark on Friday as River Ridge made off with a 39-17 win.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead River Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ethan Spector, who threw for 179 yards and three touchdowns. Micah Pugh helped Spector out on the ground, rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown.
River Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Pugh and Hunter Lockerman.
The victory got Allatoona back to even at 1-1. As for River Ridge, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Allatoona suffered a grim 50-29 defeat to River Ridge in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spector, who threw for 289 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Allatoona knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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