The Sunray Bobcats will take on the Canadian Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sunray will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Friday, Sunray strolled past Childress with points to spare, taking the game 21-7. Given Sunray's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 201st, while Childress is ranked 548th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Canadian). They walked away with a 74-67 win over Muleshoe on Friday. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly seven points.
Slayden Dickinson was a one-man wrecking crew for Canadian as he rushed for 381 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Dickinson a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Clay Kendall, who rushed for 164 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Canadian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 579 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Canadian's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Zach Bryant and Weston Mitchell.
Sunray's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Canadian, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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