A win for Tocoi Creek just wasn't in the cards on Monday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by the Buchholz Bobcats 63-22. While losing is never fun, the Toros can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Bobcats are ranked 29th).
Tocoi Creek's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ryan Killmer, who threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns.
Trace Johnson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Buchholz, throwing for 350 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes, and also punching in a rushing score. Johnson has become a key player for Buchholz: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 250 passing yards, but 1-3 otherwise. Buchholz also got help from Dj Hicks, who showed off his sure hands for 91 receiving yards.
This is the second loss in a row for Tocoi Creek and nudges their season record down to 4-3. As for Buchholz, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.
Tocoi Creek has already played their next game, a 32-16 loss against Menendez on the 18th. As for Buchholz, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Bartram Trail at 7:00 p.m. on October 25th. Bartram Trail is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.3 points per game this season.
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