The Blackville-Hilda Fighting Hawks will head out to square off against the Ridge Spring-Monetta Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blackville-Hilda will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
If Blackville-Hilda beats Ridge Spring-Monetta with 20 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Blackville-Hilda walked away with a 20-12 win over Denmark-Olar two weeks ago. The score was all tied up 6-6 at the break, but the Fighting Hawks were the (much) better team in the second half.
It was another big night for Jaquel Holman, who rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 67 yards.
Blackville-Hilda was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Ridge Spring-Monetta entered their tilt with Whitmire on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Wolverines by a score of 12-2.
Red Andrews and Jaiden Holloway were among the main playmakers for Ridge Spring-Monetta as the former rushed for 102 yards on only 14 carries and the latter rushed for 67 yards.
Blackville-Hilda's record is now 4-1. As for Ridge Spring-Monetta, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Blackville-Hilda strolled past Ridge Spring-Monetta when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 54-35. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blackville-Hilda since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
