The Petersburg Crimson Wave will head out on the road to square off against the Lafayette Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Petersburg has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight losses, while Lafayette will come in with ten straight wins.
Things were looking good for Petersburg after they put the first points on the board on Thursday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They received a blow as they fell 21-6 to Thomas Dale. Despite 105 more yards than the Knights, the Crimson Wave couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Petersburg's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Stanley Green Jr, who threw for 274 yards and a touchdown, and Demerrion Moss, who picked up 115 receiving yards and a touchdown. A healthy portion of Green Jr's aerial production (91 yards to be exact) also went to Taurin Ruffin.
Meanwhile, Lafayette earned a 14-6 victory over Poquoson on Thursday. The 14-point effort marked the Rams' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Lafayette pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 1.7 points per game. As for Petersburg, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Petersburg was dealt a bruising 49-8 defeat at the hands of Lafayette when the teams last played back in November of 2014. Can Petersburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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