Football Preview: Tolar Rattlers vs. Holliday Eagles
The Tolar Rattlers will venture away from home to take on the Holliday Eagles at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Tolar is coming into the match hot, having won their last 11 games.
Tolar is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Bells as Tolar made off with a 21-0 win. The Rattlers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by 21 points or more this season.
Peyton Brown continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 116 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 112 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Holliday had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43.7 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 42-34.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Hunter Jones and Micah Dickerson. Jones had a solid game and threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Dickerson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 37 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 121 yards and a touchdown.
Holliday was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Holliday wouldn't let Blue Ridge keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Holliday can thank Landon Jones and Hudson Dray for forcing both of them. Jones also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Another thorn in Blue Ridge's side was Owen Hays, who made 17 total tackles.
Tolar's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.9 points per game. As for Holliday, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
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