Riverdale hasn't had much luck against West Jefferson recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Riverdale Rebels will venture away from home to challenge the West Jefferson Buccaneers at 2:00 p.m. Riverdale will be strutting in after a victory while West Jefferson will be coming in after a defeat.
Riverdale will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 24-point they dealt L.W. Higgins on Thursday. Riverdale put the hurt on L.W. Higgins with a sharp 44-20 win. The Rebels might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 21 points or more this season.
A big part of Riverdale's victory came down to the chemistry between Rida Ghazzali and his top target Toren Signal. Ghazzali threw for 250 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes while Signal picked up 132 receiving yards. With that strong performance, Signal is now averaging an impressive 103.3 receiving yards per game.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for West Jefferson's offense. They were dealt a 35-0 loss at the hands of East Jefferson on Friday.
Riverdale pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for West Jefferson, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Things could have been worse for Riverdale, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 28-10 loss to West Jefferson in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Can Riverdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
