The Mineola Yellowjackets will face off against the Scurry-Rosser Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Scurry-Rosser is headed out to face a Yellowjackets squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Mineola took a blow against De Kalb on Friday, falling 48-20. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 866th, while the Bears are ranked 429th).
Meanwhile, Scurry-Rosser was able to grind out a solid win over Italy on Friday, taking the game 27-20.
Ralph Miller went supernova for Scurry-Rosser, rushing for 192 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Miller's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble, making seven total tackles, and defending a pass.
Scurry-Rosser was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 275 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 191 rushing yards in 12 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Scurry-Rosser wouldn't let Italy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Scurry-Rosser can thank Hayden Pruitt and Miller for forcing both of them. Pruitt didn't just play on offense: he also forced a fumble, made six total tackles, and defended a pass.
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