By Molly Seales with photos by Kelly Azlin

On Friday October 23, the Riverdale Rebels traveled to Mississippi to play the Mississippi School of the Deaf at their homecoming game.  The Rebels took the win with the final score of  62 to 0. 

As always, the offense played their hardest and it showed in this game.  Paul Messenger had 6 carries for 98 yards and 3 touchdowns.  Brennan Edie had 3 carries for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Kyle Guillory had 6 carries for 49 yards. Ty Jones had 2 carries for 33 yards and 1 touchdown.  Witt Almond was 2/2 in passing, passing for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns. Receiving the ball was Witt’s cousin Parker Almond who had 2 receptions for 73 yards for 2 touchdowns.

Riverdale’s defense is also looking good going into the playoffs.  Parker Almond had 1 solo tackle and 1 assist (2 TFL).  Parker also had 1 fumble recovery.  Paul Messenger had 1 solo tackle and 5 assists.  Jake Messenger showed that he was out there to play defense obtaining 7 solo tackles and having 4 assists. Kyle Guillory had 2 solo tackles and 2 assists.  Ryder Huddleston also was not playing around whenever it came to defense by having 2 solo tackles and 7 assists (4 TFL).  Ryder also had 1 interception.  Ty Jones had 1 solo tackle and 4 assists (1 TFL).  James Wagoner had 4 assists (1 TFL).  Brennan Edie had 3 solo tackles (2 TFL) and 1 fumble recovery.  Denver Williams had 1 solo tackle and 5 assists (2 TFL).  Jaxon Gates had 1 solo tackle.  Tyler Parker had 1 solo tackle and 4 assists.  Hayden Hillman had 1 solo tackle and 3 assists. 7^th grader Ashton Almond was allowed to play in his first varsity game this year since we didn’t play a MAIS team and had 1 assist.  The defense held Mississippi to 0/5 in passing with 0 yards and 1 interception.  Mississippi had only 87 yards for the game.

Riverdale is now 7-3 on the season and got the #3 seed based on power point rankings.  This earned them a bye for the first week of playoffs.  They are working hard for their next game, a home playoff game on November 6 against the winner of Delta Streets and Hebron Christian.  Come out and support the Rebels on the 6^th or follow the game live on Journal Sports.