River Ridge is 2-8 against Creekview since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The River Ridge Knights will be staying on the road to face off against the Creekview Grizzlies at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, River Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat Sequoyah and fell 38-35. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by exactly three points.
Meanwhile, Creekview took their matchup on the road last Friday with ease, bagging a 55-24 victory over Pope. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Grizzlies just coasted through the last quarter.
Austin Guest was his usual excellent self, rushing for 175 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 138 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Nathan Agyemang was another key player, picking up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Creekview's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Brant Freeman was the leader with two. He is becoming a predictor of Creekview's success: when he posts at least two sacks the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Creekview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 371 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
River Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Creekview, their win bumped their record up to an identical 5-3.
Things could have been worse for River Ridge, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 48-34 loss to Creekview when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Guest, who rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry, and also threw for 150 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. Now that River Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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