Riverview Sarasota is 1-9 against Venice since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Riverview Sarasota Rams have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Venice Indians at 7:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Riverview Sarasota made easy work of Lehigh and carried off a 28-6 win.
Isaiah Belt went supernova for Riverview Sarasota, rushing for 150 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards Belt has posted since back in October of 2023. Another player making a difference was Anthony Miller, who rushed for 27 yards and a touchdown.
Riverview Sarasota was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 76.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 215.
Riverview Sarasota didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Micah Hayes and Andon Clough. Hayes also snagged an interception, which is notable because Riverview Sarasota is undefeated when he posts at least one interception, but 0-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Venice). They blew past Sarasota 76-0 on Friday. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 23 points or more this season.
John Ford Iii and Jayce Nixon were among the main playmakers for Venice as the former rushed for 159 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries and the latter threw for 209 yards and five touchdowns on only 19 passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Winston Watkins Jr., who picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Riverview Sarasota's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Venice, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1.
Riverview Sarasota suffered a grim 49-23 defeat to Venice when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Riverview Sarasota, Jadyn Glasser (who threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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