The Keystone Heights Indians are taking a road trip to face off against the Crescent City Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keystone Heights' offense hasn't had much luck over their past five matchups, but Friday's match will give them a chance to turn things around.
Keystone Heights' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Palatka on Friday. They were outmatched by the Panthers at home and fell 40-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while the Panthers are ranked 155th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Crescent City). They blew past Taylor 49-6 on Thursday. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 20 points or more this season.
Crescent City had a senior duo take command as Ja'Maris Fuller rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries and Eric Jenkins rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown. Fuller's longest rush was for an incredible 88 yards. Chris Washington was another key player, gaining 69 total yards and a touchdown.
Crescent City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 355 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Crescent City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tyler Padgett and Zay Robinson. Padgett has been hot recently, having also posted at least one interception the last three times he's played.
Keystone Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Crescent City, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Keystone Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Crescent City in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 31-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for Keystone Heights since the team 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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