The Thomasville Tigers will challenge the Houston Academy Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Thomasville comes in on 11 and Houston Academy on eight.
Thomasville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Excel with a 34-30 win.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Houston Academy over Beulah in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Houston Academy blew Beulah out of the water with a 62-13 final score. The result was nothing new for the Raiders, who have now won nine matches by 24 points or more so far this season.
Houston Academy had a senior duo take command as Kadyn Mitchell threw for 249 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes and Gabe Glover picked up 170 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Mitchell is now averaging an impressive 3.1 passing touchdowns per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Judson Bailey, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Houston Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 299 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Houston Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Thomas Buntin and Houston Lee.
Houston Academy pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.5 points. As for Thomasville, their win bumped their record up to 11-0.
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