Birdville is 0-4 against Ryan since November of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Birdville Hawks will venture away from home to face off against the Ryan Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Birdville came up short against Fossil Ridge and fell 44-31. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Ryan had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They put the hurt on the Bears with a sharp 31-7 win. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Bears are ranked 292nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ryan to victory, but perhaps none more so than Quin Henigan, who threw for 204 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Henigan a new career-high in rushing yards (five). Another receiver making a difference was Braeden Mussett, who picked up 105 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Ryan's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Birdville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Birdville took a serious blow against Ryan when the teams last played back in November of 2019, falling 41-14. Can Birdville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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