The Riverheads Gladiators will challenge the Rockbridge County Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rockbridge County took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Riverheads, who comes in off a win.
Riverheads took a loss when they played away from home back in September, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Fort Defiance 35-0. The Gladiators pushed the score to 21-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had little chance of recovering from.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jackson Fitzgerald and Preston McCauley. Fitzgerald rushed for 80 yards and one touchdown while McCauley rushed for 46 yards and one score.
Riverheads was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fort Defiance only rushed for 22.
Meanwhile, Rockbridge County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were dealt a 52-0 loss at the hands of Wilson Memorial. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Wildcats were not able to get on the board.
Rockbridge County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Riverheads, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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