Weddington has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on The Marvin Ridge Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Weddington will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Weddington stacked a seventh blowout onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 62-14 win over Cuthbertson. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-14.
Marvin Ridge fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They came out on top against Sun Valley by a score of 20-7 on Friday.
The critical scores for Marvin Ridge came from Jackson Gibbs, Hill Despard, and Cole Searight.
Weddington's victory was their fifth straight at home, bumping their overall record up to 8-1. It's not like the team was facing easy opposition over that stretch either, as it included 7-2 Sun Valley and 7-2 Porter Ridge (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 63.1% over those games). As for Marvin Ridge, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Weddington beat Marvin Ridge 29-19 in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weddington since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
