The Black River Pirates will challenge the Springfield Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Black River and Columbia met for a duel on Friday where Black River had to take the L. Black River took a 35-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of Columbia. The Pirates have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Springfield entered their tilt with Lowellville on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They really took it to the Rockets for the full four quarters, racking up a 43-12 win. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 22 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Dante Gentile and Geno Perry. Gentile had a great game and rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Perry did his best for the losing side, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 31 receiving yards.
Springfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups.
Black River's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Springfield, they pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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