Riverview has played every game this season on their home field, but they'll have to hit the road on Friday. They will venture away from home to square off against the Flat Rock Rams at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Riverview's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Huron offense got past them. Everything went Riverview's way against Huron on Friday as Riverview made off with a 51-31 win. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Chiefs are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Flat Rock put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Jefferson 66-29 on the road. The Rams pushed the score to 45-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears had little chance of recovering from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Flat Rock to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ben Scully, who rushed for 144 yards on only 15 carries. The dominant performance gave Scully a new career-high in rushing yards. Graham Junge was another key signal caller, throwing for 61 yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Flat Rock was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Riverview's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Flat Rock, their record is now 4-0.
Riverview skirted past Flat Rock 36-34 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Riverview since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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