On Friday, the Ragland Purple Devils humbled the Ider Hornets with a 47-6 victory. The match marked the Purple Devils' most dominant win of the season.
Antwan Byers had a dynamite game for Ragland, rushing for 91 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 69 yards and two touchdowns. Those 91 rushing yards gave Byers a new career-high. Ethan Everett was in the mix as well, providing Ragland with two touchdowns.
Ragland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Luke Brewer and Hunter Nolin. Brewer has been hot for a while, having also posted ten or more total tackles the last 11 times he's played. Shaun Hawkins was another major factor on D, making ten total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Ragland has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Ider, their loss was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-9.
Ragland will head out on the road to face off against Decatur Heritage Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Decatur Heritage Christian Academy's defense has only allowed 13.4 points per game this season, so Ragland's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Ider, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Gaston at 7:00 p.m. Ider is facing Gaston at the right time seeing as Gaston is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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