The River City Raiders will take on the Oak Ridge Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. River City will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
River City's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Wood, posting a 34-0 win.
River City found their leader in freshman Olivia Jackson, who threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72% of her passes, and also rushed for 53 yards and one score on only seven carries. The Raiders' leading receiver Alexis Sabatke was Jackson's top target yet again, picking up 75 receiving yards and one TD, while also rushing for 35 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to River City's defense and their four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Brianna Ortiz and Kayla Tausig, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Thursday as they fell 25-19 to Whitney.
River City will need to focus on slowing down Taylor Lemos, one of several Oak Ridge players who made an impact when they last played. She picked up 97 receiving yards and one touchdown. Addison Hemans also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
Oak Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 15-4. As for River City, their victory bumped their record up to 11-12.
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