The Ripon Christian Knights will square off against the Ripon Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ripon Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.2 points per game this season.
Ripon Christian's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 50-0 victory over Modesto Christian. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 408th, while the Crusaders are ranked 945th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ripon Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Josh Miller, who rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Miller a new career-high in rushing yards. Lushen Sanders also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Another reason for the win was Ripon Christian's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Aaron Van Hofwegen.
Meanwhile, Ripon didn't have quite enough to beat Orestimba on Friday and fell 10-7.
The win got Ripon Christian back to even at 3-3. As for Ripon, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season.
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