The Red Springs Red Devils will venture away from home to challenge the West Bladen Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Red Springs will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They had to suffer through a 46-8 loss at the hands of Midway. The Red Devils have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Bladen). They blew past Fairmont 40-20 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Knights considering their 12-point performance the contest before.
Ahmarie White went supernova for West Bladen, rushing for 204 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave White a new career-high in rushing yards.
West Bladen was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 413 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 54.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 226.
Red Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for West Bladen, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-6.
Red Springs strolled past West Bladen in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a score of 32-18. The rematch might be a little tougher for Red Springs since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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