The Gorman Panthers are taking a road trip to face off against the Ranger Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Gorman will be strutting in after a win while Ranger will be coming in after a loss.
Gorman is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat Lingleville 46-10. With that victory, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 25.9 points per game.
Nathan Rodriguez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 285 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry, and also throwing for 154 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Garrett Blakney got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Gorman was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 206 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Gorman didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Blakney picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Ranger was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 60-12 loss at the hands of Baird. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Bears are ranked 94th).
Gorman's record now sits at 3-5. As for Ranger, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Gorman suffered a grim 38-14 defeat to Ranger when the teams last played back in October of 2014. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Gorman was down 32-7.
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