The Laurens Raiders and the Emerald Vikings are set to duel on Friday. Laurens is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Laurens is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Westside on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Laurens took a blow against Westside, falling 49-3. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Rams are ranked second).
Meanwhile, Emerald sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 37-34 victory over Fountain Inn on Friday. With that win, the Vikings brought their scoring average up to 27 points per game.
Emerald was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Laurens' loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Emerald, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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