The Weimar Wildcats will square off against the Rice Consolidated Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Weimar took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Somerville 65-21 at home. With the Wildcats ahead 45-13 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Rice Consolidated owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They blew past Shiner 23-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
Rice Consolidated found their leader in underclassman Rj Myers, who forced a fumble, made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Rice Consolidated wouldn't let Shiner keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rice Consolidated can thank Dyren Johnson and Myers for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Myers is now averaging an impressive 6 total tackles per game.
Rice Consolidated was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
The victory got Weimar back to even at 1-1. As for Rice Consolidated, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
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