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08/30/24 - Away | 42-20 W |
09/22/23 - Home | 21-0 W |
09/17/21 - Away | 35-7 W |
11/04/20 - Home | 28-14 W |
10/13/20 - Away | 10-21 L |
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Rutland has gone 8-1 against Mount Anthony recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rutland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: St. Johnsbury Academy, who was ranked fourth at the time (Rutland was ranked fifth). The Raiders came out on top against the Hilltoppers by a score of 21-13 on Friday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Mount Anthony's strategy against Rice Memorial on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Patriots blew the Green Knights out of the water with a 43-6 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Patriots had established a 30-point advantage.
Mount Anthony's win came from a few key players Rutland will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Asa Reis, who rushed for 144 yards and two scores. Talin Bartholdi was another key player, rushing for 57 yards and one TD on only seven carries.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Mount Anthony proved: they limited Rice Memorial to a paltry 3.1 yards per carry. While three picked up at least six total tackles, Reis stood above the rest. He rushed for 144 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Mount Anthony didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.4.
Mount Anthony didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Jeremyah Christmas.
Rutland's record now sits at 3-1. As for Mount Anthony, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Rutland's way against Mount Anthony when the teams last played back in August of 2024, as Rutland made off with a 42-20 win. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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