Football Preview: Miller Buccaneers vs. Tivy Antlers
The Miller Buccaneers will take on the Tivy Antlers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Miller knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Tivy likes a good challenge.
Miller's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Ray, posting a 54-0 victory. The Buccaneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by 27 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Miller to victory, but perhaps none more so than Broderick Taylor, who rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Taylor's longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Trevor Long was another key signal caller, throwing for 263 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt.
Miller wouldn't let Ray keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Miller can thank Lamarcus Cullum and Steven Richardson for forcing all of them. Cullum has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last four times he's played. Miller got some further help from Delson Cavaness: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 14 total tackles (7.0 for loss).
Miller was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, a win for Tivy just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 49-21 loss at the hands of Boerne. The Antlers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-7.
Tivy might have lost, but man, President Calamaco was a machine: he picked up 216 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Seth Shuler, who threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns.
Miller has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.3 points per game. As for Tivy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Miller has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 275.3 passing yards per game. Tivy, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 159.6 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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