Loch Raven has won seven straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Randallstown has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Loch Raven Raiders will welcome the Randallstown Rams at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Loch Raven will head into Thursday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 22-point they dealt Pikesville on Thursday. Everything went Loch Raven's way against Pikesville as Loch Raven made off with a 36-14 win. With the Raiders ahead 28-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Randallstown humbled Lansdowne with a 47-6 victory. Considering the Rams have won six games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
William Pinkett had a dynamite game for Randallstown, throwing for 234 yards and two touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 51 yards. The dominant performance gave Pinkett a new career-high in rushing yards. Kendall Dorsey was Pinkett's top target, picking up 109 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Randallstown's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Keon Stewart and Hillary Erondu, who racked up four sacks between them.
Loch Raven is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Randallstown, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Thursday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Loch Raven has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 176.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Randallstown struggles in that department as they've been averaging 202.8. It's looking like Thursday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Loch Raven took a serious blow against Randallstown in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 41-6. Will Loch Raven have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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