Northern Durham and Riverside-Durham are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2014, but not for long. The Northern Durham Knights and the Riverside-Durham Pirates are set to duel on Saturday. Northern Durham is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Northern Durham is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Riverside-Durham on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northern Durham was dealt a 48-8 loss at the hands of Riverside-Durham. The Knights were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-8.
Riverside-Durham didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Cole Schweitz, Taleeb Harrell, and Channing Gaines picked up one apiece. Gaines has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 11 times he's played.
Northern Durham's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Riverside-Durham, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-5.
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