Riverbend has won three straight games at home, while Briar Woods has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Riverbend Bears will host the Briar Woods Falcons at 1:00 p.m. One thing working in Riverbend's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last six matchups.
Riverbend is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 35-21 win over Stone Bridge. That's two games straight that the Bears have won by exactly 14 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Briar Woods). They walked away with a 39-27 victory over Massaponax on Friday.
Briar Woods had a senior duo take command as Brady Carmical threw for 286 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes and Colin Capistrant picked up 199 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Capistrant's longest reception was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total.
Riverbend has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.4 points per game. As for Briar Woods, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
Riverbend was dealt a bruising 48-18 defeat at the hands of Briar Woods in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carmical, who rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. Now that Riverbend 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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