The West Ashley Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Ashley Ridge Swamp Foxes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. West Ashley is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
West Ashley is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Summerville on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. West Ashley was outmatched by Summerville on the road and fell 42-14. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Green Wave are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, Ashley Ridge entered their match against James Island on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Ashley Ridge took a 30-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of James Island. Despite 69 more yards than the Trojans, the Swamp Foxes couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jayden Acosta and Amor Scott. Scott had a great game and gained 300 total yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Acosta was balling out in the loss, picking up 19 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 79 yards.
West Ashley now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Ashley Ridge, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.
West Ashley came up short against Ashley Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 31-20. Can West Ashley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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