New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly is 10-0 against Riverton since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly Vipers will head out to face off against the Riverton Hawks at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly has four straight victories, Riverton has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central/Greenview: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly blew PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central/Greenview out of the water with a 59-16 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Vipers had established a 40 point advantage.
Brady Crews and Clark Anthony Nelson were among the main playmakers for New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly as the former rushed for 148 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries and the latter rushed for 118 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Crews a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Gabe Lyons, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 503 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 289 rushing yards in five consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Riverton couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They and Olympia were almost perfectly matched up last Friday, but Riverton suffered a 1-0 defeat. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 485th, while the Spartans are ranked 156th).
New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Riverton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Everything came up roses for New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly against Riverton in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 56-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly since the squad 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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