Miami Trace and Hillsboro are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Miami Trace Panthers will stay at home for another week and welcome the Hillsboro Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Miami Trace is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 56-49 win over Western Brown on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Trey Robinette and Brady Sutton. Robinette had a great game and threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 passes. Meanwhile, Sutton was balling out in the loss, throwing for 316 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Miami Trace was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 363 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Hillsboro never let their opponents score on Friday. They breezed by East Clinton at home to the tune of 65-0.
Jeven Hochstuhl was his usual excellent self, rushing for 89 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023. Mason Dumpert was another key player, rushing for 61 yards.
Miami Trace's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Hillsboro, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Miami Trace has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 208.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Hillsboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 265. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Miami Trace and Hillsboro were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but Miami Trace came up empty-handed after a 14-13 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dumpert, who rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Now that Miami Trace knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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