The Riverview Sarasota Rams will be playing at home against the Sumner Stingrays at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Riverview Sarasota sitting on three straight wins and Sumner on four.
Riverview Sarasota is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed past Winter Haven to the tune of 42-13. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 259th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Isaiah Belt
| 11/14/25 vs Winter Haven | 120 |
| 10/31/25 @ Manatee | 92 |
| 10/24/25 @ Lehigh | 109 |
| 10/10/25 @ Venice | 41 |
| 10/03/25 vs IMG Academy Junior National | 100 |
| + 6 more games |
Riverview Sarasota's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Isaiah Belt, who rushed for 120 yards and one score on only ten carries. With that strong performance, Belt is now averaging an impressive 100.2 rushing yards per game. Another signal caller making a difference was Parker Nippert, who threw for 185 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Riverview Sarasota was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups.
Riverview Sarasota didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gabe Halperin and Pinot Parks.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Sumner's strategy against Ocoee on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Stingrays blew the Knights out of the water with a 44-13 final score. The Stingrays pushed the score to 37-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had little chance of recovering from.
Riverview Sarasota better keep an eye on Taesean Robinson. He was instrumental in Sumner's win, picking up 102 receiving yards and three TDs. That's the most receiving yards Robinson has posted since back in September.
Riverview Sarasota's record is now 9-1-1. As for Sumner, their record now sits at 9-2.
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