The Sam Houston Hurricanes are taking a road trip to take on the Tivy Antlers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Sam Houston was beaten by Victoria West 41-12. While losing is never fun, the Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 711th, while the Warriors are ranked 260th).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Tivy on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Fredericksburg out of the water with a 51-0 final score. The Antlers pushed the score to 44-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Billies had no chance of recovering from.
Seth Shuler went supernova for Tivy, throwing for 364 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Domynik Vasquez was in the mix as well, providing Tivy with two touchdowns.
Tivy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of River Risinger and Rocky Deleon. Another thorn in Fredericksburg's side was Blaine Gaffney, who made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Sam Houston now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Tivy, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Sam Houston took a serious blow against Tivy when the teams last played back in November of 2014, falling 54-7. Thankfully for Sam Houston, Cade Dyal (who rushed for 78 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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