Football Preview: Rouse Raiders vs. Glenn Grizzlies
Rouse is 4-0 against Glenn since November of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Rouse Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Glenn Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. Rouse will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Rouse didn't have too much trouble with East View as they won 36-19.
London Morgan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 201 yards and three touchdowns while completing 79.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Anthony Reyes was in the mix too, providing Rouse with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Glenn). They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 56-7 victory over Chaparral. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-7.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Glenn to victory, but perhaps none more so than Evan Blair, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 55 yards. Dakota Dubelbeis was another key player, rushing for 62 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Glenn was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 367 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Rouse now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Glenn, they moved to 3-6 with that win, which also ended their six-game losing streak.
Rouse came out on top in a nail-biter against Glenn in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 34-31. Does Rouse have another victory up their sleeve, or will Glenn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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