Football Game Preview: Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders vs. Rolesville Rams

Cardinal Gibbons has won seven straight games at home, while Rolesville has won seven straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders will host the Rolesville Rams at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Cardinal Gibbons is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to Hoggard for the full four quarters, racking up a 38-0 victory. The Crusaders pushed the score to 31-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings had no chance of recovering from.

Cardinal Gibbons can attribute much of their success to Gannon Jones, who rushed for 116 yards and one touchdown on only 12 carries, and Kendall Scotton, who rushed for 171 yards and one touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Those 171 rushing yards gave Scotton a new career-high.

Meanwhile, Rolesville faced Cleveland in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Rolesville simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Cleveland 49-6. With Rolesville ahead 32-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Cardinal Gibbons' win bumped their record up to 12-1. As for Rolesville, their victory bumped their record up to 13-1.

Cardinal Gibbons couldn't quite finish off Rolesville when the teams last played back in September and fell 30-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rolesville's Devon Thomas, who rushed for 116 yards and one touchdown on only ten carries, and also picked up 89 receiving yards and one touchdown. Now that Cardinal Gibbons knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.