The Dan River Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Gretna Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Dan River and Chatham, and Dan River kept the tradition alive. The Wildcats really took it to the Cavaliers for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-12 victory. The Wildcats pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cavaliers had little chance of recovering from.
Kiyunn Myers had a dynamite game, rushing for 167 yards and one score while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. Daylin Gregory did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 89 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Dan River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2024.
Tanner Atkinson
| 11/07/25 vs Chatham | 5 |
| 10/24/25 @ Nelson County | 3 |
| 09/05/25 @ Halifax County | 3 |
| 10/10/25 @ William Campbell | 2 |
| 09/26/25 @ Appomattox County | 1 |
Dan River didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tanner Atkinson and Montarius Woods. Atkinson also defended five defended passes, which is notable because Dan River is 2-1 when he posts at least three defended passes, but 3-4 otherwise. The Wildcats got some further help from O'Bryan Myers: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Gretna unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Friday. They and Altavista were almost perfectly matched up, but the Hawks suffered a 48-47 defeat. The Hawks gained 203 more yards on the day, but it was the Colonels that made the best use of them.
Dan River will have to contain Rayshaun Logan as he made an impact in Gretna's last game. He threw for 449 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 15.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 34 yards and one TD.
Gretna's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 8-2. As for Dan River, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
Dan River was dealt a bruising 56-28 defeat at the hands of Gretna when the teams last played back in October. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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