Two dominant signal callers in Gavin Forrester and Grayson Clary are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Daniel Lions at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Blue Ridge is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Seneca on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Blue Ridge lost 47-21 to Seneca.
Meanwhile, Daniel had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They breezed by the Bulldogs on the road to the tune of 56-0. Considering the Lions have won five games by more than 19 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Blue Ridge now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Daniel, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Blue Ridge took a serious blow against Daniel in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 49-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Daniel's Lee Turnipseed, who rushed for 44 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 209 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes. Now that Blue Ridge 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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