The Reidsville Rams will challenge the Eastern Alamance Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Reidsville has 15 straight victories, Eastern Alamance has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Reidsville is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Rockingham County: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Reidsville blew Rockingham County out of the water with a 50-7 final score. Fans of the Rams have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Jariel Cobb was a one-man wrecking crew for Reidsville as he rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Cobb really tore up the turf during one magnificent 73-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Dionte Neal, who threw for 226 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Reidsville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 195 rushing yards in four consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Eastern Alamance was beaten by Northern Guilford 45-14 on Friday. The Eagles were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 24-0.
Reidsville's win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Eastern Alamance, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Reidsville came up short against Eastern Alamance when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 19-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Alamance's Tyrek Samuel, who rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Now that Reidsville 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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