It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Thomasville can now relate to. They took a 45-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Houston Academy Raiders on Friday. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Despite the loss, Thomasville still got an impressive performance from Dallas Bryant, who rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. Bryant's longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Even though they lost, Thomasville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 406 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
It was another big night for Kadyn Mitchell, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes for Houston Academy. The dominant performance gave Mitchell a new career-high in rushing yards. Backing up that air attack was Ervain Reynolds, who rushed for 85 yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, Thomasville fell to 11-1. As for Houston Academy, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-1.
Thomasville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Houston Academy, they will take on T.R. Miller at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (T.R. Miller: 8, Houston Academy: 12.7) so any points scored will be well earned.
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