Football Preview: Wray Eagles vs. Buena Vista Demons
The Wray Eagles's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Buena Vista Demons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Wray is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They breezed by Highland to the tune of 41-8. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Huskies are ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wray relied on the efforts of Austin Collins, who gained 172 total yards and three touchdowns, and Casey Midcap, who rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance also gave Collins a new career-high in rushing yards (111). Aaron Tena also helped out with an impressive 90 receiving yards.
Wray was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 299 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Buena Vista had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Dragons 35-7.
Wray's win bumped their record up to 11-0. As for Buena Vista, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
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