The Ritchie County Rebels will venture away from home to take on the Wahama White Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ritchie County's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Ravenswood at home to the tune of 41-0. The win was some much needed relief for the Rebels as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Ritchie County can attribute much of their success to Turner Shriver, who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Jonah Hamilton, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Wahama put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 55-31 margin over Eastern. Fans of the White Falcons have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Connor Lambert was his usual excellent self, rushing for 264 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 14.7 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Dillan Fields, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Wahama was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 410 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 219 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Ritchie County's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Wahama, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Ritchie County was dealt a bruising 48-6 defeat at the hands of Wahama in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ritchie County was down 40-6.
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