After both having extra time off, the Riverwood Raiders and the Hiram Hornets will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Riverwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Riverwood is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Pope last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Riverwood came up short against Pope, falling 42-22.
Zach Stair put forth a good effort for the losing side as he picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 30 yards.
Riverwood didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Austin Greer and Brandon Leonard. Leonard has been hot , having also posted at least one defended passe the last six times he's played.
Meanwhile, Hiram didn't have quite enough to beat Cartersville back in October and fell 45-43. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 23rd).
Despite the defeat, Hiram got top-tier performance from Kaden Hamilton, who rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. Hamilton is becoming a predictor of Hiram's success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 2-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't). Hiram also got a significant boost from Dashaun Williams, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 120 yards.
Even though they lost, Hiram was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 324 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in 22 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Riverwood's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Hiram, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-5.
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