The Miami Trace Panthers are on the road again on Friday to play the Washington Blue Lions at 7:00 p.m.
Miami Trace is headed into the game having just suffered their closest defeat since August 25, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Chillicothe by a score of 28-25.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Washington on Friday. They blew past McClain 43-19. With the Blue Lions ahead 27-6 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Andrew Young was a one-man wrecking crew for Washington as he rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Washington is 2-1 when Young posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-5 otherwise. Washington also got help from Jakob Hoosier, who showed off his sure hands for 88 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Washington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 47.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 204.7.
Washington didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Matthew Colflesh and Aden Osborne. Brayden Fiebelkorn was another major factor on D, picking up three sacks and making four total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Miami Trace's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Washington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-6.
Miami Trace was able to grind out a solid victory over Washington when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 21-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Miami Trace since the squad 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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