The Richland Royals will square off against the Ryan Raiders at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Richland sitting on three straight victories and Ryan on seven.
Richland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Amarillo 55-27. The result was nothing new for the Royals, who have now won ten matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Drew Kates and Jett Lopez. Kates had a great game and threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.8 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Lopez was balling out in the loss, throwing for 236 yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a rushing score.
Meanwhile, Ryan beat Monterey 29-16 on Saturday. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Plainsmen are ranked 247th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Nehemiah Warmate and Tre'Vaughn Reynolds. Warmate rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns while Reynolds gained 144 total yards and a touchdown. Ryan also got help from Braeden Mussett, who showed off his sure hands for 88 receiving yards.
Richland's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Ryan, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1.
Richland might still be hurting after the 44-19 defeat they got from Ryan when the teams last played back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Warmate, who rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Now that Richland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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