On Friday, Basha faced Perry in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Basha Bears' way against the Perry Pumas as the Basha Bears made off with a 31-11 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won five contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Basha's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Broderick Vehrs, who threw for 223 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes. Basha also got a significant boost from Joshua Gaines, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Basha's defense and their four sacks. Eli Cramer-Cronin was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. He has been hot for a while, having also posted seven or more total tackles the last 19 times he's played. Basha got some further help from Darian (Bleu) Dantzler: he picked up a sack, made three total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended two passes.
Basha was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
The victory was the sixth in a row for Basha, bringing their record for this year to 9-1. As for Perry, they dropped their record down to 5-5 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. After each having a week off, Basha and Horizon will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on November 22nd. One thing working in Basha's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last six games. As for Perry, they will face off against Chandler at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Perry is facing Chandler at the right time seeing as Chandler is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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