The Riverview Sarasota Rams are taking a road trip to challenge the Plant City Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Riverview Sarasota is headed out in good spirits considering the team just ended their winless streak on the road against Sarasota last Thursday. Riverview Sarasota was the clear victor by a 34-12 margin over Sarasota. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Sailors are ranked 323rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Isaiah Belt went supernova for Riverview Sarasota, rushing for 113 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Belt's longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Anthony Miller was another key player, picking up 21 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Plant City came tearing into last Thursday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Chargers 41-6. 41 seems to be a good number for the Raiders as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Tony Marshall, who rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Denson, who threw for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes.
Plant City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Riverview Sarasota's record is now 4-5. As for Plant City, their record now sits at 8-2.
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