Miami Trace and Hillsboro are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Miami Trace Panthers will play host again on Friday to welcome the Hillsboro Indians, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Miami Trace is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Western Brown by a score of 56-49 on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Trey Robinette and Brady Sutton. Robinette had a great game and threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 passes. Meanwhile, Sutton was balling out in the loss, throwing for 316 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Miami Trace was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 363 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Hillsboro never let their opponents score on Friday. They claimed a resounding 65-0 victory over East Clinton at home.
Jeven Hochstuhl was his usual excellent self, rushing for 89 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Dumpert, who rushed for 61 yards.
Miami Trace's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Hillsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Miami Trace has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 208.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Hillsboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 265. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Miami Trace and Hillsboro were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but Miami Trace suffered an agonizing 14-13 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dumpert, who rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Now that Miami Trace knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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