The River Rouge Panthers are on the road again on Saturday to play the Mentor Cardinals at 2:00 p.m. River Rouge's defense has only allowed 11 points per game this season, so Mentor's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, River Rouge came up short against Brother Rice and fell 14-7.
Meanwhile, Mentor put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 35-27 win over Cleveland Heights. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Tigers are ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mentor can attribute much of their success to Scotty Fox, who threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and Jackson Farley, who gained 175 total yards and two touchdowns. Farley's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards dating back to last season. Justen Hodge was Fox's top target, picking up 181 receiving yards and a touchdown.
River Rouge's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Mentor, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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