Rocky River hasn't had much luck against Providence recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Rocky River Ravens will look to defend their home field against the Providence Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rocky River is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Butler on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Rocky River took a blow against Butler, falling 50-13. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 197th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Providence was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were outmatched by Independence on the road and fell 42-14. The Panthers were down 35-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
This is the second loss in a row for Rocky River and nudges their season record down to 2-5. As for Providence, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Rocky River was taken down by Providence 54-7 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Providence's Jackson Debe, who threw for 205 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes, and also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown. Now that Rocky River 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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