Mountain Ridge has been away from home for three games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Northern Garrett Huskies at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mountain Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Keyser, posting a 56-3 victory. With that win, the Miners brought their scoring average up to 27.8 points per game.
Mountain Ridge relied on the efforts of Kyree Griffin, who rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and Carter Clites, who rushed for 92 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. That's the most rushing yards Griffin has posted since back in September.
Mountain Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Northern Garrett had no problem doing just that on Friday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 42-0 victory over the Rams. The result was nothing new for the Huskies, who have now won four games by 42 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Luke Ross, who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Ross, who picked up 93 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The win got Northern Garrett back to even at 5-5. As for Mountain Ridge, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Mountain Ridge barely slipped by Northern Garrett in their previous matchup back in October, winning 21-20. Does Mountain Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northern Garrett turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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