The Elmwood Park Tigers will venture away from home to take on the Ridgewood Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Elmwood Park will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Elmwood Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were outmatched by Streamwood and fell 62-22.
Elmwood Park might have lost, but man, Daniel Dohoney was a machine: he rushed for 104 yards and one score on only nine carries, and also threw for 74 yards and one TD on only five passes. The Tigers' leading receiver Anthony Chillis was Dohoney's top target yet again, picking up 74 receiving yards and one touchdown, while also rushing for 64 yards and one score.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ridgewood, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They came out on top against Fenton by a score of 35-27 on Friday. Considering the Rebels' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Ridgewood's win came from a few key players Elmwood Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Frank Horak, who rushed for 120 yards and a pair of TDs on only 14 carries. What's more, he posted two rushing touchdowns, the most he's had since back in August of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Angelo Vitale, who rushed for 49 yards and one touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Ridgewood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Elmwood Park's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Ridgewood, the win snapped their losing streak at six games and leaves them with a 2-6 record.
Elmwood Park was taken down by Ridgewood 48-21 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Tigers were down 34-7.
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