Two dominant signal callers in Gavyn Cothern and Reese Johnson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Richland County Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Robinson Maroons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Richland County sitting on eight straight wins and Robinson on four.
Richland County's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Casey-Westfield's usually-dominant defense. Richland County enjoyed a cozy 35-20 victory over Casey-Westfield.
Meanwhile, Robinson didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Paris on Friday, but they still walked away with a 44-40 win.
Robinson got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Blake Green out in front who picked up 76 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Johnson was another key passer, throwing for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
Robinson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Braylon Murray, Green, and Aj Knoblett picked up one apiece. What's more, Knoblett also racked up 88 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Robinson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 208 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Richland County pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Robinson, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Richland County and Robinson were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Richland County suffered an agonizing 36-35 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johnson, who threw for 302 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Richland County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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