Two dominant wideouts in Ashton Huey and Ashton Frye are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Rio Vista Eagles will challenge the Mildred Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rio Vista is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Rio Vista is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Valley Mills just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 51-42 to the Eagles.
Rio Vista's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kaiden Scott, who threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns, and Huey, who picked up 151 receiving yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Huey is now averaging an impressive 104.3 receiving yards per game. Another pass catcher making a difference was Tate Conley, who picked up 37 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Rio Vista wouldn't let Valley Mills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rio Vista can thank Parks Hodges and Jake Mcwhorter for forcing both of them. Hodges has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last six times he's played. Rio Vista got some further help from Anthony Zepeda: he made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Mildred put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Cross Roads to the tune of 50-6. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by 21 points or more this season.
Mildred found their leader in sophomore Luke McKendree, who threw for 120 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Mildred also got a significant boost from Frye, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 84 yards.
Mildred's win bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Rio Vista, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Rio Vista suffered a grim 39-18 defeat to Mildred in their previous meeting back in October of 2017. Thankfully for Rio Vista, Quintavis Turner (who rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also picked up 64 receiving yards and a touchdown) 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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