The West Rusk Raiders will head out on the road to square off against the Newton Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Rusk is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season.
Last Friday, West Rusk came up short against Arp and fell 22-13.
Although West Rusk took the loss, they still got scores from Troy Hunley and Hunter Mccandless.
Meanwhile, Newton came tearing into two weeks ago's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Warriors by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 64-0. Considering the Eagles have won five games by more than 38 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Newton's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.0 points per game. As for West Rusk, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-6 record this season.
Things could have been worse for West Rusk, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 21-7 loss to Newton in their previous matchup back in December of 2017. Thankfully for West Rusk, Darwin Barlow (who rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown) 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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