The Webbers Falls Warriors came into this game with a lot of momentum looking to get their third consecutive win over rivals Porum in the annual Ross Road Rivalry, The rivalry game the last three seasons was definitely bigger than years past especially with both teams in the same district since the Warriors moved up to Class B from Class C, This rivalry has been around in all sports for a long time though from 2006-11 the football rivalry was on hiatus when Porum went up to 11 man in Class A.
A brief rundown of the Ross Road Rivalry
Webbers Falls 16 Porum 0 (1974)
Webbers Falls 6 Porum 0 (1975)
Porum 38 Webbers Falls 8 (1976)
Porum 8 Webbers Falls 6 (1977)
Webbers Falls 13 Porum 0 (1978)
Webbers Falls 6 Porum 0 (1979)
Webbers Falls 14 Porum 12 (1980)
Webbers Falls 42 Porum 0 (1981)
Webbers Falls 38 Porum 0 (1982)
Webbers Falls 28 Porum 0 (1983)
Webbers Falls 45 Porum 0 (1984)
Webbers Falls 45 Porum 0 (1985)
Hiatus from 1986-99 (Porum dropped football but would bring it back in 2000, JH did bring it back in 1998)
Webbers Falls 45 Porum 24 (2000)
Porum 47 Webbers Falls 0 (2001)
Porum 28 Webbers Falls 12 (2002)
Porum 26 Webbers Falls 22 (2003)
Porum 64 Webbers Falls 14 (2004)
Porum 50 Webbers Falls 0 (2005)
Hiatus from 2006-11 (Porum was in Class A as an 11 man team during this time)
Webbers Falls 52 Porum 14 (2012)
Porum 14 Webbers Falls 6 (2013)
Webbers Falls 34 Porum 24 (2014)
Webbers Falls 44 Porum 6 (2015)
Porum 50 Webbers Falls 38 (2016)
Porum 66 Webbers Falls 20 (2017)
Porum 50 Webbers Falls 0 (2018)
Porum 24 Webbers Falls 0 (2019)
Webbers Falls 48 Porum 24 (2020)
Webbers Falls 48 Porum 0 (2021)
Webbers Falls 52 Porum 6 (2022)
Warriors lead the series 17-12 overall and even got five consecutive shutouts from 1981-85. Warriors longest winning streak would be eight while the Panthers longest winning streak would be at five.
The Warriors would receive the ball to start the first half and they would start off fast and quick when Blaize Herriman would take it to the house on a 71 yard keeper to get on the board first, He would get two more touchdowns on keepers in the first quarter from 18 yards and seven yards out and would be 24-0 midway through the first, Ben Ward would come at QB for a few plays and would find Trysten Wilbourn for a 31 yard touchdown. The Panthers would finally get on the board early on the second quarter on a 21 yard QB keeper from Seth Brown to make it 32-6 then Isaiah Terrell would answer back for the Warriors to make it 40-6 and that would be the halftime score, In the third quarter Blaize Herriman would find Caden Dishman downfield for a 23 yard touchdown then later on in the quarter Dakota Moore would punch it in for the touchdown to win the game via mercy rule for the second consecutive year in a row 52-6.
Blaize Herriman would finish the night 7-14 passing for 104 yards and one touchdown with five rushes for 105 yards and three touchdowns. Ben Ward would go 1-1 passing for 31 yards and one touchdown. Isaiah Terrell would have four rushes for 50 yards and one touchdown, Zane Nolan would have one rush for 17 yards along with a 35 yard kickoff return and Ben Ward would have two rushes for four yards. Caden Dishman would have two receptions for 37 yards and one touchdown. Trysten Wilbourn would have one reception for 31 yards and one touchdown. Riley Ogg would have two receptions for 16 yards and Justin Cole would have one reception for 12 yards. Spencer Thao would have seven kickoffs for 389 yards and four touchbacks.
The Warriors will be on the road next week to face Caddo on a Friday while the Panthers return home to face Quinton on a Thursday.
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