Football Preview: Millennium Tigers vs. Verrado Vipers
The Millennium Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Verrado Vipers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Millennium will be strutting in after a win while Verrado will be coming in after a loss.
Millennium will head into Friday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a 27-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Canyon View on Friday. Millennium came out on top in a nail-biter against Canyon View , sneaking past 21-18. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Tigers have posted since October 27, 2023.
Donovan Delong had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 122 yards and a touchdown. Those 162 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Trey Peck was Delong's top target, picking up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Verrado's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 50-41 to Cactus. That makes it the first time this season the Vipers have let down their home crowd.
Loss or not, Verrado got some senior leadership from Jack Isidore and Chase Gieszler. Isidore gained 218 total yards and two touchdowns, while Gieszler threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. Isidore's longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards. Deriece Brown was another key player, picking up 137 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Verrado wouldn't let Cactus keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jordan Peters, Richard Hinckley, and Brown picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Hinckley is now averaging an impressive 5.2 total tackles per game.
Even though they lost, Verrado was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Millennium's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Verrado, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
Millennium strolled past Verrado in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 24-10. The rematch might be a little tougher for Millennium since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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