Mountain Ridge is 1-9 against Fort Hill since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Mountain Ridge Miners will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fort Hill Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Fort Hill is facing Mountain Ridge at the wrong time: Mountain Ridge suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were outmatched by the Falcons at home and fell 49-12. The game marked the Miners' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Fort Hill entered their contest against Briar Woods on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Fort Hill came up short against Briar Woods, falling 28-7.
This is the second loss in a row for Mountain Ridge and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Fort Hill, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.
Mountain Ridge suffered a grim 45-21 defeat to Fort Hill in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fort Hill's Jabril Daniels, who rushed for 304 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.5 yards per carry. Now that Mountain Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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