After each having a week off, the Riverdale Raiders and the Stephenson Jaguars will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Riverdale is looking for their season's first win.
Riverdale's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Douglass last Saturday. They were beaten by the Astros 57-0. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 374th, while the Astros are ranked 64th).
Meanwhile, Stephenson got the win against Cedar Grove last Saturday by a conclusive 41-20. The Jaguars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 21 points or more this season.
Stephenson can attribute much of their success to Marte Barton, who rushed for 60 yards and two touchdowns, and Jayden Johnson, who gained 216 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Barton a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Booker, who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Stephenson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Romando Craddock. Sergio Mason was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Riverdale's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Stephenson, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Riverdale took a serious blow against Stephenson when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 54-0. Can Riverdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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