Ravenscroft dropped to 3-7 on Thursday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins at home. The contest between the Ravens and the North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights didn't end well, with the Ravens falling 42-28. If the Ravens were looking for revenge after losing 41-12 to the Knights when the teams met back in October of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.
When it comes to explaining why Ravenscroft lost, don't look at Elijah Deifer. Despite the final result, he rushed for 73 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and also threw for 138 yards while completing 71.4% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Cole Venters, who rushed for 100 yards on only ten carries.
As for North Raleigh Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing eight yards per carry in those games compared to only 3.6 in the others.
Davin McCoy had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 324 yards and two TDs while picking up 12.5 yards per carry. North Raleigh Christian Academy is 5-1 when McCoy posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 1-3 otherwise.
Ravenscroft does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for North Raleigh Christian Academy, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 45-0 defeat against Providence Day on the 7th.
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