The River Islands Riptide will square off against the Summerville Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. River Islands has given up an average of 28.2 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
River Islands is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight games on Friday. They fell 32-20 to Linden. While losing is never fun, the Riptide can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 911th, while the Lions are ranked 440th).
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jordan Acaya and Andrew Juarez. Juarez had a great game and rushed for 215 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Acaya did his best for the losing side, picking up 72 receiving yards and one score.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last four games, Summerville finally came back down to earth on Friday. They received a blow as they fell 21-7 to Calaveras. The contest marked the Bears' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
River Islands' loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Summerville, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-2.
River Islands was taken down by Summerville 58-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. Will the Riptide have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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